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Jake needham is michael connelly with steamed rice. The concept of featuring this local cop is an interesting device, for inspector tay often comments on his views about americans and he sees the world through a. Crime fiction is also represented by the works of jake arnott whose. The ambassadors wife is an absorbing, believable portrayal of a veteran homicide cop in singapore. Download read the ambassadors wife 2000 by jake needham. The second is in bangkok, in a seedy apartment close to the american embassy.
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