The Devil to Pay

The second book following The Advocate’s Devil featuring Dennis Chiang, an up-and-coming lawyer, who finds himself thrown into the heady 1930s mix of Singapore society under the wings of one of the Straights Settlement’s top lawyers, Mr D’Almeida. Follow Dennis Chiang during a period of great uncertainty, as news of an impending Japanese invasion looms. Little does Chiang know that his life is about to 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. 


Walter Woon returned to academia after serving a two-year term (2008–10) as Singapore’s Attorney-General. He is now a professor of law at the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Law. He is also the Dean of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education.

 

He was educated at the National University of Singapore and St John’s College (Cambridge). He was Legal Adviser to the president of Singapore and Council of Presidential Advisors from 1995–1997. He was also a Nominated Member of Parliament from 1992–96. He was also Ambassador to Germany (1998–2003) and Belgium.