Title:   Death of a Perm Sec
Author:   Wong Souk Yee
Publisher:   Epigram Singapore
Binding:   Paperback
Edition:   2015
APN:   9789814757348 or ISBN(9814757349)
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Death of a Perm Sec is a mystery about the demise of the permanent-secretary of the housing ministry, Chow Sze Teck, accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes over his career. Set in 1980's Singapore, the novel examines the civil servants death, which first appears to be suicide by a cocktail of alcohol, morphine and Valium. But upon investigation by a CID inspector who might not be what he seems, the family discovers there may be far more sinister circumstances behind his death, that reach to the very top of government.

The novel exposes the dark heart of power politics, from the countrys tumultuous post-independence days to the socio-political landscape of the 1980s.