Tiger in the White Bamboo

by Ian MacKenzie

Max Trenton returns to London after years in a prison camp with failed wishes to avenge the murder of his closest friend, Johnny Gregg, by a sadistic Japanese soldier. Despite being powerless to stop the killing at the time, nightmares torment him for his failure to keep his best friend alive. Determined to put the past out of his mind, he takes a job as a newspaperman and falls in love. But forgetting the past isn't easy when it doesn't want to forget him. After a press handout falls into his hand baring the name of businessman Tiger, the same name as Johnny's murderer, Trenton's old nightmares return. Is it possible that the chairman of a Japanese company visiting Britain was once the ruthless enemy who plunged a bayonet into a hospitalised man? Crossing continents and time, Tiger in the White Bamboo is a story of cruelty and retribution that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

680 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2012

About the author

Ian Mackenzie was born in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa and grew up in Johannesburg. He was schooled at Queens College, Queenstown and at Parktown Boys High in Johannesburg. He served with the Rhodesian military during the bush war where he met his wife Rosemarie Kennedy. He has two sons in their 30’s and lives with his wife in Johannesburg. Clouds In The Wind is his first novel.