Straits and Narrow
Travelling in Singapore and Malaysia can be murder ...

by Grace McClurg

For newly qualified forensic psychologist Rachel Carson, a three-month tour of Southeast Asia is exactly what the doctor ordered. But from the moment she picks up her first satay stick in Penang, things do not quite go according to plan. Her longterm boyfriend seems more interested in the price of beer than the priceless scenery, and in the warm light of day, their incompatibility is glaringly apparent.

But after a chance encounter with a charismatic expat and a welcome detour to Singapore, things suddenly get a whole lot worse.

With a murder on her hands and a boyfriend about to hang, Rachel is forced to ask herself the ultimate question: If she can’t tell which of the two men in her life is a cold-blooded killer, should she really be a forensic psychologist at all?


 
Pub Date: Mar 2008 | Price: S$23.50 | Paperback (B format) 256pp
Fiction | ISBN: 978-981-05-9816-7 | Territory: World (all langauges)
     
Despite coming from a generally law-abiding family (at least by Belfast standards), Grace McClurg always had a strange fascination with the world of crime. In fact, her earliest ambition was to see the inside of a prison. However, being too squeamish for violence and too clumsy for acquisitive crime, she opted for a career in forensic psychology.

After obtaining her doctorate of psychology in London, Grace went on to provide psychotherapy for thousands of serious offenders, including sex offenders and murderers. She has been an expert witness in many criminal and child protection court cases and has published a number of articles on offending behaviour in professional journals.

She currently lives in Singapore where she runs a private therapy practice and works as an adjunct assistant professor at the National University of Singapore.