Author Description

Ash Carter leaves a career in the military police and ends up in Singapore in search of a friend who needs his help. He quickly makes clear that he has high skills and a low tolerance for stuffed shirts. This results in lots of gratifying beating up of bad guys, sticking up for victims, etc., in the manner of an old-fashioned action movie hero-until he strays too far into violent vigilante justice and loses some of his appeals. The author keeps up the suspense with frequent twists and danger. The Singapore setting of the era is richly described and adds a new element to the usual death-investigating, criminal-fighting thriller mix.