Duke Inspector Mislan and the expressway murders

Rozlan Mohd. Noor

Book - 2021

"In the run-up to the Eid holiday, the police department is drained of staff and the DUKE expressway jammed with vehicles, as many in Kuala Lumpur leave the capital to celebrate the end of Ramadan with their extended families. In the slow lane, a Mercedes E200 suddenly veers after several bright flashes and comes to rest against the guardrail. When the highway patrol arrives, what looked like a traffic accident turns out to be an apparent murder-suicide of the driver and his female passenger, both having suffered gunshot wounds. Yet, called to lend a hand with the investigation, Inspector Mislan finds something else again. The dead man and woman, a wealthy, politically connected entrepreneur and his business associate, were by all appe...arances engaged in a long-term affair, seemingly in love, and the crime scene doesn't add up for suicide. But then, if these two successful people were murdered, why? And how, when the car was locked from the inside? And why does the political establishment want the case closed in such an awful hurry? Once again, Mislan must find a way--with the help of his team and his politically savvy boss--to withstand the pressure from above, solve an impossible mystery, and ensure that justice prevails."--Provided by publisher.

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Genres
Detective and mystery fiction
Published
New York, New York : Arcade CrimeWise, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc [2021].
Language
English
Main Author
Rozlan Mohd. Noor (author)
Physical Description
325 pages : 24 cm
ISBN
9781950691418
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Early in Noor's impressive second whodunit featuring Insp. Mislan Latif of Kuala Lumpur's Special Investigations Unit (after 2020's 21 Immortals), Mislan and his loyal assistant, Det. Sgt. Johan Kamarudin, are called to a crime scene on the Duta--Ulu Klang Expressway. Two business executives have been found shot to death inside a locked Mercedes, which came to rest on the road's divider in light traffic. Since the car's doors and windows are locked, a murder-suicide is the obvious explanation for the fatalities. With no apparent motive for the crime, Mislan suspects the truth is more complicated, and begins considering how a third person could have been inside the Mercedes to commit two murders while leaving the automobile sealed after escaping. Mislan's boss advises him to tread carefully, because one of the victims had some contact with the city's anti-corruption commission. That someone later tries to frame the inspector for graft complicates his investigation. The combination of clever plotting and portrayal of life in Malaysia is a winner. Noor brilliantly integrates an unusual impossible crime into a gritty procedural story line. (Mar.)

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