This collection of six tales spans more than one and a half centuries, moving from a bustling Singapore and the exotic terrain of British Malaya in the 1850s to a tragic repercussion from the war in Afghanistan in the first decade of the second millennium. In other stories, we’re whisked away to the melting pot of New York in the 1920s, a Poland devastated by World War II, the mysterious seas surrounding Japan and a love story turned deadly set around one of London’s swankiest hotels. Framed by historical fact across different geographical backdrops, these short stories – each dedicated to its own cocktail – provide a rich quilt of intrigue to feed the imagination.