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Second Sister (Paperback)
Chan Ho-Kei; Translated by Jeremy Tiang
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Gossip. Rumour. Revenge. Wun Wah Tower. Kwun Tong district, Hong
Kong. When Siu-Man jumped from her window on the twenty-second
floor, everyone assumed it was suicide. But Sui-Man's sister,
Nga-Yee, a quiet and unassuming librarian, is determined to prove
it was murder. The police aren't interested in re-opening a solved
case so she contacts a man known only as N. - a hacker, and an
expert in cybersecurity and manipulating human behaviour. What
follows is a cat-and-mouse game through the vibrant city of Hong
Kong. The pair's investigation takes them from creepy
commuter-train gropers to Siu-Man's gossipy friends to the dark
corners of the city's digital underground - where online bullies,
sexual predators and shady tech businesses stalk their prey...
Reviews for Second Sister: 'An elaborate plot' New York Times
'Moves at a breathtaking pace and, with its bounty of high-tech
hazard, excites like a vintage Tom Clancy novel' Wall Street
Journal 'An important, multidimensional and even educational read
into the dangers of cyber bullying' The Straits Times 'Sharp-witted
and intense ... Dangerous feuds, cybertheft, and a predator
stalking Hong Kong' Booklist
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The Borrowed (Paperback)
Chan Ho-Kei; Translated by Jeremy Tiang
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Where there is murder, there is humanity. Hong Kong's greatest
detective, Inspector Kwan, is dying. For the past fifty years he
has been quietly solving crimes while the world changed around him.
Now on his deathbed, his partner Detective Lok needs help with one
final case. Through the story of six different but interlocking
murders, this bold and intricate crime novel spans five decades of
love, honour, jealousy and revenge, in one of the world's most
intriguing nations.
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The Borrowed (Paperback)
Chan Ho-Kei; Translated by Jeremy Tiang
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From award-winning Hong Kong writer Chan Ho-Kei, The Borrowed tells
the story of Kwan Chun-dok, a Hong Kong detective whose career
spans fifty years of the territory's history. A deductive
powerhouse, Kwan becomes a legend in the force, nicknamed "the Eye
of Heaven" by his awe-struck colleagues. Divided into six sections
told in reverse chronological order--each of which covers an
important case in Kwan's career and takes place at a pivotal moment
in Hong Kong history from the 1960s to the present day--The
Borrowed follows Kwan from his experiences during the Leftist Riot
in 1967, when a bombing plot threatens many lives; the conflict
between the HK Police and ICAC (Independent Commission Against
Corruption) in 1977; the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989; to the
Handover in 1997; and the present day of 2013, when Kwan is called
on to solve his final case, the murder of a local billionaire,
while Hong Kong increasingly resembles a police state. Along the
way we meet Communist rioters, ultraviolent gangsters, stallholders
at the city's many covered markets, pop singers enmeshed in the
high-stakes machinery of star-making, and a people always caught in
the shifting balance of political power, whether in London or
Beijing--all coalescing into a dynamic portrait of this fascinating
city. Tracing a broad historical arc, The Borrowed reveals just how
closely everything is connected, how history always repeats itself,
and how we have come full circle to repeat the political upheaval
and societal unrest of the past. It is a gripping, brilliantly
constructed novel from a talented new voice.
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