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A riveting thriller about a fugitive in search of a quick payday in
Mexico City who finds himself in the crosshairs of a dangerous
international scheme Victor Li is a man without a past. To his new
employer, Mark, he’s just an anonymous hired hand to help with
the dirty work. Together, they break into storage units that
contain the possessions of the recently deported, pocketing
whatever is worth selling. Only Victor and his sister, Jules, know
that he’s a wanted man. Amid the backpacks and suitcases, Victor
makes the find of a lifetime: a gem rare and valuable enough to
change his fortunes in an instant. But selling it on the sly?
Nearly impossible. Thankfully, its former owner, a woman named Song
Fei, also left a book of cryptic notes—including the name of a
gemstone dealer in Mexico City. When Victor and Mark cross the
southern border, they quickly realize that this gem is wrapped up
in a much larger scheme than they imagined. In Mexico City, shadowy
international interests are jockeying for power, and they may need
someone with Victor’s talents—the same ones that got him in
trouble in the first place. On the heels of his knockout debut
Beijing Payback, Daniel Nieh delivers Take No Names, a
white-knuckled and whip-smart thriller that races to an
electrifying finish.
"Propulsive. . . . Highly enjoyable. . . . It sets up a sequel, one
that I very much look forward to reading." --The New York Times
Book Review A fresh, smart, and fast-paced revenge thriller about a
college basketball player who discovers shocking truths about his
family in the wake of his father's murder Victor Li is devastated
by his father's murder, and shocked by a confessional letter he
finds among his father's things. In it, his father admits that he
was never just a restaurateur--in fact he was part of a vast
international crime syndicate that formed during China's leanest
communist years. Victor travels to Beijing, where he navigates his
father's secret criminal life, confronting decades-old grudges,
violent spats, and a shocking new enterprise that the organization
wants to undertake. Standing up against it is likely what got his
father killed, but Victor remains undeterred. He enlists his
growing network of allies and friends to finish what his father
started, no matter the costs.
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