Name: After the Inquiry
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
ISBN: 9789811466878

Jolene Tan

A Novel

After the Inquiry

Lindy

"If we appear to compromise our standards for a ministers son, how will that play with the public? We can't be seen to treat governance like a family business, just give a job to someone just because he's the towkay's boy."

Police sergeant Hafiz lies in a coma after a gunshot to the head. The investigation by Internal Affairs uncovered a game of Russian roulette gone wrong, and the case is now closed. But there are rumbles of concern in the Ministry, and middle-aged civil servant Boon Teck—assisted by young colleague Nithya—is dispatched to take another look. Suffused with mystery and intrigue, After the Inquiry steps into the mirror maze of Singapore’s bureaucracy, where silvered surfaces hide troubling secrets, and those who search for the truth risk getting lost…

A re-read after I’d acquired my own copy. 

Also, I’ve understood Boon Teck to mean 文德 or ‘literary virtue’, because I’d added so many new words to my vocabulary. 

A re-read after I’d acquired my own copy. 

Also, I’ve understood Boon Teck to mean 文德 or ‘literary virtue’, because I’d added so many new words to my vocabulary. 

After the Inquiry A Novel

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