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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. So, in this first Inspector Mislan mystery, Inspector Mislan Latif and Detective Sergeant Johan Kamaruddin of Special Investigations (D9), are called upon to investigate the murder of fashion magnate Robert Tham and his family. What was so special about this man to warrant such a diabolical and macabre end. As Mislan delves deeper he is no nearer to solving this, and all the while he is butting heads with the heads of other branches who want to take over his case. The crime itself has a more modern touch as there is the involvement of computer technicians and hackers in assisting Mislan with his investigation. I was particularly interested in the "method" used in the original crime, pulled straight from the headlines. Aided by the lovely Dr Safia, Forensic Chief Chew, and Superintendent Samsiah Hassan (who has his back in these inter-departmental dust-ups), Mislan eventually reaches the conclusion - could it really have been as simple as all that?? And this was my only criticism was that for the amount of effort put into the crime itself, the motive appeared weak. I am looking forward to reading more in the series. read more here @ Melisende's Library https://melisendeslibrary.blogspot.com/2020/04/review-21-immortals-by-rozlan-moh... no reviews | add a review
"21 Immortals introduces an exciting new voice in international noir-for readers of Jo Nesbø, Keigo Higashino, and John Burdett. Inspector Mislan's final case after a long night's shift could be his last. Called to a wealthy neighborhood of Kuala Lumpur, he finds a crime scene unlike any he has encountered before: pristine, the victims a family seated at dinner, Mona Lisa smiles fixed to their faces, frozen mid-gesture around the traditional Chinese New Year dish of yee sang, signifying prosperity, longevity, many good things-though it's not that time of year. It makes an eerie, chilling tableau of death, but signifying what? The celebrity of the father, fashion magnate Robert Tham, has already drawn a media throng, and soon the upper echelons of the police have taken an interest, bringing pressure to solve the crime quickly. But every clue points to another unknown. This isn't the primary scene: where is it? What are the motives of Tham's younger business partner, the attractive Miss Irene? What of his connections to an old-school criminal gang and the triads? With rival units of the police seeking to co-opt and, he suspects, bury the case, Inspector Mislan's investigation takes him to every level of this modern, multi-ethnic, American-pop-culture-influenced society, to where moneyed power and influence demand their say. Maverick, hard-boiled yet tender, a single father raising a young child, Mislan must rely of his team-and the politically savvy woman leading Major Crimes who is his boss-to support, protect him from the corruption above, and help find a way to ensure the course of justice"-- No library descriptions found.
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)899.28Literature Literature of other languages Other Literature: Pacific Islands, Basque, Artificial Languages, Georgia, Mesopotamia Malay and Austronesian languages Malay (Bahasa Malaysia)LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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The setting is interesting, somewhere different for fans of hard-boiled crime fiction to explore in their imaginations. The usual themes are all there: Mislan is a single-parent, his wife having walked away from the family; he has an on-off relationship with a colleague; he takes everything on his shoulders, and becomes obsessed with solving the case; there are shady characters aplenty, and some of them are closer to home than Mislan would like....
It's not original, but Mislan is an interesting enough character to carry the plot and, as I say, the atmospheric background of KL is enough to make it different. There are plenty more in the series to be translated, so I hope that this reaches a wide enough audience in a crowded field. ( )