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Recommended mystery books (2)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into mystery here are some mystery books from Malaysia for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

1.

Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / Malaysia flag Malaysia
Description:
Najwa Bakri walks into her first Scrabble competition since her friend Trina Low's death with the intention to heal and move on with her life. Her friends are eager to be the next reigning champion, but all bets are off when Trina's formerly inactive Instagram starts posting again, with cryptic messages suggesting that maybe someone at the competition had something to do with Trina's death. It is up to Najwa to find out who is behind these mysterious posts-- not just to save Trina's memory, but to save herself. -- adapted from jacket

2.

The Tea Planter's Wife by Dinah Jefferies EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Malaysia flag Malaysia
Description:
Nineteen-year-old Gwendolyn Hooper is newly married to a rich and charming widower, eager to join him on his tea plantation, determined to be the perfect wife and mother. But life in Ceylon is not what Gwen expected. The plantation workers are resentful, the neighbours treacherous. And there are clues to the past - a dusty trunk of dresses, an overgrown gravestone in the grounds - that her husband refuses to discuss. Just as Gwen finds her feet, disaster strikes. She faces a terrible choice, hiding the truth from almost everyone, but a secret this big can't stay buried forever . . .