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“Guaranteed to thrill, excite and shock in equal measures “⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Roger A Price, author of Badge and Pen thriller series She wants to escapeHe wants to save herBut nothing is what it seemsSingapore 1954 and once again, private investigator, Ash Carter is caught between the government and the criminal gangs. It’s time for Carter to choose.Escape now or stand and fight? “A cracker of a thriller. Rich, powerful and really quite brilliant“⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ AlexJBooks blog“Twisty… engaging plot. I was not prepared for the hair raising ending“⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brow...

Who is BlackJack?A helicopter crashes in the jungle. The pilot and a military policeman are burned to death. It’s unclear what they were doing, but this was no accident. Ex-special investigator Ash Carter is asked to help and the hunt for a killer begins.Ideal for fans of Lee Child and Baldacci with a twist of Harlen CobenSet in September 1953, Singapore Killer is book 5 of the series. However it can be read as a stand-alone. Readers are loving Singapore Killer:“Blackjack is a brilliant character and the twists had me thinking about the story for days afterwards. That ending!”...

“Love Jack Reacher? Discover Ash Carter” — Black Dagger ReviewsBad SpiritAsh Carter is in Penang on a job that seems beneath him: babysit a newspaper reporter. She’s investigating ghost stories at the barracks but it’s Carter’s past that is back to haunt him. Returning to Singapore he finds himself caught up with a Chinese Secret Society. It’s not Andrew Yipp’s and Carter finds himself beholden to the leader, Chen Guan Xi. Chen wants to remove his big rival without a turf war and he wants Carter to do it for him. However Yipp and Carter have so far had a good...

British ex-military cop is sent to find a missing person in Malaya. But his job isn’t what he thinks and along with mysterious poisonings, there’s trouble between the tin mines and rubber plantations.Ash Carter goes undercover in central Malaya with a private militia providing protection against the Chinese terrorists. Some business owners appear happy with this protection while others are not. Villagers are getting sick and the local doctor says the tin mining business is to blame. They’re poisoning the water. But no one will listen and everyone says she’s trouble. She tries...

Set in 1952, British ex-military cop investigates missing children and uncovers much more than he could have imagined. A tense mystery with more than one puzzle.A headless body, found on a causeway between Singapore and Malaya, gets assigned to ex-military investigator Ash Carter. Now working for the government, he needs to find out if this is just another drug-war punishment or something more. His search for answers takes him through Malaya as far as Penang. But with children going missing, he starts to uncover connections to the establishment. He knows he’s getting close to the...

This is your next favorite mystery series with a likeable hero!“Kept me guessing and turning the pages faster and faster” Sue Thomas“Jack Reacher with a dash of James Bond, set in Singapore. Thrilling!” The TimesChinese New Year 1952British ex-military investigator, Ash Carter finds himself in the middle of a political game between the army, the police and a Triad-style gang. Someone intends to attack Singapore and Carter is tasked to stop it. But Carter is more intent on solving the mystery of who and why someone killed his friend.A mystery-thriller for...

Carter is asked to investigate the death of a hotel worker. The police say it was an accident but the young woman’s sister doesn’t believe it, despite the girl having died in a locked bedroom. In this novella set between Singapore Killer and Singapore Fire, Carter must use his contacts and skills (as well as handling of Madam Chau) to solve what really happened to Jade Huang. Available now as an e-book from AMAZON

Independent of the government, Carter is looking for work and thinks the unsolved death of a police officer. Sergeant Cox appears to have been murdered by a skilled assassin. The police have few clues and fewer suspects, but the suggestion that there may be a boxing connection intrigues him. In this novella, set between Singapore Girl and Singapore Boxer, Carter confronts fighters in the ring and the streets to solve who killed Sergeant Cox and why. Available now as an e-book from AMAZON