Bøker av Ivy Ngeow

Phoebe Wong would do anything to escape a British winter. But it may cost her more than her airfare. Sunsets, tacos and margaritas all sound perfect to exhausted forty-three-year-old single mum Phoebe with a dead-end job in Southwark. When her long-distance boyfriend in New York invites her to meet him in Florida, she couldn't wait to jump on a plane with her toddler. Arriving with her teething child at her boyfriend's Key West 'vacay home' before him, she is robbed on her first night. With no money, cards or passports, she is grateful for the support of friendly locals. At a BBQ, she meets an old expat British businessman. Her boyfriend arrives eventually, apologetic, and takes her out to a posh seafood dinner. But when the British expat is shot that night in the same restaurant's car park, Phoebe is trapped in a put-up job, and her boyfriend's delayed arrival is suspiciously timed. If this place has turned darker and chillier than London, she wants out. Will she be able to pull herself and her daughter away from danger? Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn, Jennifer Hillier and Colleen Hoover. Dive in and start your adventure now.

From semitones to Semillon Blanc, Li-an's luck changes tune when she bags a job abroad. What's the catch? She is.Chicago, 1980. Cold, poor and starving, immigrant Li-an is a bad con artist and a brilliant musician. When she wows a mysterious Italian businessman in the Drake Hotel with her piano-pounding, she's snapped up to play in the sin city of Macau. In a heartbeat, she's there. With new killer clothes, her own pavilion in a private estate and a dinner show, she finds easy livin' not that easy. Trafficking and tongs sure ain't music to her ears. She's only just left her life of crime by coming to this beat. When her employer collapses in the pool at a party, Li-an knows it's no accident.She's trapped with no employment and no ticket home. Who is he and is it even a pizza restaurant? When danger comes pounding at the pavilion, Li-an desperately needs to save herself from the island's dark undercurrents. Will she find a way to escape alive?Heart of Glass is a standalone and also a sequel to White Crane Strikes. Fans of Lehane, Hammett and Chandler will love this wise-cracking and streetsmart thriller.

A white man has survived a shipwreck in Thailand. Suffering serious injuries and burns, he is taken to a local hospital. He is mute. Everything is a blank. When his Chinese wife arrives, he returns to London to her family. But who is she?