Drat! This is the fourth of a four-book series, and I find I'm disappointed there aren't more so I guess I liked it a lot!

In these Singaporean Mysteries, sometimes the solutions felt rushed, while at other times the pace felt slow as details were repeated in almost the same words, as if the author forgot she'd said that already. But I enjoyed these reads overall, mostly because there was never a moment where I couldn't identify with one character or another and see human faults and foibles, as well as human heroics, lovingly shared.

Also enjoyable was the setting of Singapore, with its delightful diversity. Yu's other series, the Tree mysteries, paints a fascinating historic Singapore, and this earlier series of modern Singaporean mysteries doesn't disappoint a fan of that faraway setting, despite lacking the spice of long-ago.

A note for audiobook readers: The narration is excellent but the audio production isn't perfect. The levels aren't balanced overall, so you'll be cranking it up when the reader drops into the confidential almost-whisper she uses for "narrator," and then dialing the volume down again when a character voice comes booming in. Ride that gain, audio engineers!