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Hong Kong, about to be absorbed into the People's Republic of China, is the setting for this fact-and-action-packed thriller, as a tough and moral policeman tries to solve a triple murder before time runs out. Hong Kong Chief Inspector Chan Siukai's investigation brings him up against all the usual suspects--corrupt British diplomats and businessmen, American gangsters, Chinese warlords--and a few unusual ones. John Burdett, who once practiced law in Hong Kong, knows where the bodies are buried--and his fast-moving scenes of violence add quite a few more.
From Library Journal
The author of the solid but unspectacular A Personal History of Thirst (Morrow, 1996) returns with a thriller set in Hong Kong. Film rights have been sold to 20th Century Fox.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
