The Fort Canning Secret

Jacqueline Bodin - In Singapore

A brilliant sleuth in 1939 Singapore uncovers a murder web behind the army’s polished façade—and someone will do anything to keep it buried.

Each Jacqueline Bodin mystery stands alone.

Singapore, 1939.
Detective Jacqueline Bodin accepts an invitation to Fort Canning, headquarters of British Malaya. A discreet favor for Major General Fairfax should have been routine. Instead, an apparent suicide cracks open a murky case where nothing is what it seems.

Clues lead past the military’s polished façade into back rooms of power—where money changes hands, loyalties are traded, and the truth is dangerous. Guided by a razor-sharp eye for detail and an intuition she’s learned to trust, Jacqueline keeps digging where others look away.

With every step she’s pulled deeper into a tightening web of lies, betrayal, and murder. To stop a killer—and protect the innocent—she’ll risk far more than her reputation.

A richly atmospheric historical mystery set in vividly rendered 1939 Singapore.