The Light Between Us

The Time Traveler's Wife meets Crazy Rich Asians in this historical time-travel romance set in Singapore

‘A novel that is at once a love story, a meditation on photography, an elegant historical fiction, and a gripping tale that enchanted me to the very last page’ Melissa Fu, author of Peach Blossom Spring 

At work one night, photography archivist Charlie Sze-Toh receives a misdirected letter from Wang Tian Wei, a 1920s colonial era Chinese photographer. Through a mysterious digital folder and photographic plates, a conversation is sparked, leading to a romance that spans lifetimes.

In his time, Tian Wei scours a turbulent Singapore for his missing friend Aiko, leading him to the perfumed chambers of a Japanese brothel. Meanwhile, in the modern day, Charlie struggles against a family dynamic dominated by her stepmother, a manipulative matriarch who uses family secrets as bargaining chips.

Communication starts to become difficult and Tian Wei’s letters are tinged by the increasing threat of Japanese Occupation. Will one last fate-defying letter from Charlie allow Tian Wei to keep their love alive?

‘An intricate, richly layered and meticulously researched historical detective story’ Hannah Vincent, author of The Weaning

‘Dances elegantly between truths and lies, promises and threats, and between a sweet dream and harsh reality’ Mahita Vas, author of A Good Day to Die

‘The way I view a forever love is profoundly changed’ Alka Joshi, author of The Henna Artist

‘A dreamy treatise of art in its many forms’ Jing-Jing Li, author of How We Disappeared

‘Historical fiction raised to a premier level of literary excellence’ Midwest Book Review

Hardback: 336pp

Published: Wilton Square (May 2024)

ISBN: 9781915584779

Paperback: 336pp

Published: Wilton Square (May 2024)

ISBN: 9781915584670