Anwardi Jamil

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They were enemies on the cricket grounds before war breaks out but now they face a common enemy in Malaya. They have to defend a bridge that would prevent the Japanese army reaching Singapore. An impossible task that creates the first heroes and martyrs of the Pacific War.

July 11, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR 1940 THE MOROCCO OF SOUTH EAST ASIA WHERE SPIES FROM BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN AND CHINA CONGREGATE AND PLAY DEADLY GAMES. A MALAY PRINCE WHO JUST RETURNED FROM BRITAIN TAKES ON A BORING JOB AS A SENIOR GOVERNMENT CIVIL SERVANT BUT FANCIES HIMSELF A SLEUTH AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT A BRITISH DIPLOMAT WAS FOUND MURDERED IN A BORDELLO.

July 11, 2014

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on KUALA LUMPUR 1940 THE MOROCCO OF SOUTH EAST ASIA WHERE SPIES FROM BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN AND CHINA CONGREGATE AND PLAY DEADLY GAMES. A MALAY PRINCE WHO JUST RETURNED FROM BRITAIN TAKES ON A BORING JOB AS A SENIOR GOVERNMENT CIVIL SERVANT BUT FANCIES HIMSELF A SLEUTH AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT A BRITISH DIPLOMAT WAS FOUND MURDERED IN A BORDELLO.

A dapper Malay Prince gets embroiled in a murder mystery of a British merchant in 1940 Kuala Lumpur, the Morocco of South East Asia and the playground of Dutch, German, Japanese, American and Australian spies.
on They were enemies on the cricket grounds before war breaks out but now they face a common enemy in Malaya. They have to defend a bridge that would prevent the Japanese army reaching Singapore. An impossible task that creates the first heroes and martyrs of the Pacific War.

Was thinking that the phrase first martyrs should be 'amongst the first martyrs of the Pacific War as this incident occurred about three weeks after Pearl Harbor.
on They were enemies on the cricket grounds before war breaks out but now they face a common enemy in Malaya. They have to defend a bridge that would prevent the Japanese army reaching Singapore. An impossible task that creates the first heroes and martyrs of the Pacific War.

The story is based around this event. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parit_Sulong_Massacre
on They were enemies on the cricket grounds before war breaks out but now they face a common enemy in Malaya. They have to defend a bridge that would prevent the Japanese army reaching Singapore. An impossible task that creates the first heroes and martyrs of the Pacific War.

Noted but Singapore doesn't come much into play as the story starts in Sydney where the protagonist was from. The other guy was from Delhi. The bridge is 100km north of Singapore - the last bridge standing before the Causeway…
on They were enemies on the cricket grounds before war breaks out but now they face a common enemy in Malaya. They have to defend a bridge that would prevent the Japanese army reaching Singapore. An impossible task that creates the first heroes and martyrs of the Pacific War.

Based on true incident on the bridge of Parit Sulong in Malaya. Hundreds of Australians and Indians died whilst defending the bridge. The two main characters are fictional - an Australian batsmen and and Indian fast bowler.