Nettled by several errors in Heavner’s analysis, and even more by her willingness to share the gory details at a press conference, Tempe launches her own investigation, which is not so much off the books as against the books. Showboat Medical Examiner Margot Heavner makes it clear that, breaking with her department’s earlier practice ( The Bone Collection, 2016, etc.), she has no intention of calling in Tempe as a consultant and promptly identifies the faceless body herself as that of a young Asian man. The series kickoff (and adult-fiction debut) from prolific children’s author Flint effectively captures the color and vigor but also the clichés of vintage whodunits.Īnother sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.Ī week after the night she chases but fails to catch a mysterious trespasser outside her town house, some unknown party texts Tempe four images of a corpse that looks as if it’s been chewed by wild hogs, because it has been. This development should free Chelsea, so why does she declare him a liar? As the shrewd Singh continues to probe, all he finds are more plausible suspects. Then Jasper surprises everyone by confessing to the crime.
At first, it looks as if the victim’s brothers, elegant, hardworking Jasper and chronically overlooked half-caste Kian Min, will be obstacles in Singh’s path. Though Chelsea has some public sympathy, she also had a compelling motive: Alan, who had numerous affairs during their long marriage, was planning to seize custody of the couple’s three children.
More distractions to be brushed away are Chelsea’s incompetent Indian attorney and her own flair for the histrionic. Their passive aggression is trumped by Singh’s abrasive single-mindedness. Malaysian police pronounce themselves “more than happy” to cooperate. The Malaysian tabloids have virtually convicted Singapore-born Chelsea of the murder of wealthy ex-husband Alan Lee and provoked Singh’s 11th-hour mission of justice on behalf of Chelsea’s homeland. Singapore and Malaysia, both on the Malay peninsula, are rival nations with continually contentious relations. A retro sleuth attempts to save a femme fatale from being framed.Īs former supermodel Chelsea Liew is being denied bail in a Kuala Lumpur courtroom, plus-sized Inspector Singh, having drawn the Singapore police department’s short straw, rushes by plane and train to interrupt the trial.
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