In this cozy mystery series opener, a 1970s Malaysian Miss Marple’s murder investigation sheds light on the darker side of a local theater. Mak Chik Maryam is one of the middle-aged “aunties” who sell batiks in the local market and offer advice...
Jamillah has not been herself of late. A market-trader, and one of the well respected village “aunties,” she is clearly in need of main puteri, a traditional Malaysian form of exorcism....