The Devil to Pay
Walter Woon
Singapore: Marshall Cavendish, 2010
ISBN: 9789814302661

Set in the period just before the Fall of Singapore, this story - the second in the trilogy - unfolds in a time of great uncertainty as news of an impending Japanese invasion looms. Dennis Chiang returns as the young and eager lawyer at d'Almeida's law firm. But little does he know that his life would soon become a lot more exciting - and dangerous.

Roped in by the British Special Branch as an undercover operative to weed out Japanese agents subverting and undermining the morale of an Indian Army garrison sent to defend Malaya, Chiang finds himself going from criminal lawyer in a courtroom to an adept and rugged spy in the jungles of Malaya. This fast-paced and absorbing tale of adventure and espionage will get you hooked from the get-go.