Singapore Red

Singapore/Malaya, 1890s: A cholera epidemic breaks out in Singapore's congested Chinatown, and Detective Inspector Hawksworth finds himself embroiled in a case that threatens to spill over into regional warfare. While the immigrant population threatens to riot, someone is smuggling powerful new American weapons into the British colony, and rumors of Chinese undead wandering the night-time streets put even the powerful Chinese clans on edge. Explore the dark underbelly of 19th-century Singapore and Malaya in this hard-boiled historical thriller trilogy, comprising Singapore Black, Singapore Yellow and Singapore Red.

American author William L. Gibson (Singapore) is a writer and educator based in Southeast Asia. Singapore Red, the third volume in a trilogy of hard-boiled crime novels set in the rough-and-tumble frontier of 1890s Singapore and Malaya, is joined by Singapore Black and Singapore Yellow.