The devil to pay : Singapore fiction, fast-paced and absorbing tale of adventure, political intrigue and espionage

The second book following The Advocate's Devil featuring Dennis Chiang, an up-and-coming lawyer, who finds himself thrown into the heady 1930s mix of Singapore society under the wings of one of the Straights Settlement's top lawyers, Mr D'Almeida. Follow Dennis Chiang during a period of great uncertainty, as news of an impending Japanese invasion looms. Little does Chiang know that his life is about to become a lot more exciting—and dangerous. Roped in by the British Special Branch as an undercover operative to weed out Japanese agents subverting and undermining the morale of an Indian Army garrison sent to defend Malaya, Chiang finds himself going from criminal lawyer in a courtroom to an adept and rugged spy in the jungles of Malaya. Meg Carter gazed at the wedding cake assortment displayed on the table. She and her fiancée, John, tested several pieces when it finally hit her. They were getting nowhere with making a decision about the cake, wedding favors, or anything for that matter, and the wedding was less than sixty days away.