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.