9th of August

Six suicide bombers have slipped into Singapore. Their mission: to set off explosives on the country's 55th National Day. They were sent by Tun, an Afghan with a tragic past. Trying to stop them is Inspector Rahim, who is tracking a new terror group. And caught up in the plot is Henry, a single parent whose wife revealed a terrible secret on her deathbed.

Auteur

Andre Yeo is a news editor at The New Paper, where he works with reporters and edits commentaries. He has been a journalist for 22 years. In 2014, he self-published his first book, Home: 50 50-word Stories to Celebrate Singapore's 50th Birthday. He and his wife, a teacher, have three daughters and a son. 9th of August is his first novel.