Whispering Shadows

An absorbing mystery set in a Hong Kong tourists only glimpse. .. vivid and knowing Joseph Kanon Equal parts crime thriller, romance and view of Chinas Cultural Revolution, this novel is at its heart, a story about the burden of survival. It packs a punch Publishers Weekly Sendkers enthralling t [...]
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An absorbing mystery set in a Hong Kong tourists only glimpse. .. vivid and knowing Joseph Kanon Equal parts crime thriller, romance and view of Chinas Cultural Revolution, this novel is at its heart, a story about the burden of survival. It packs a punch Publishers Weekly Sendkers enthralling tale effortlessly weaves two narrative strands a stuttering romance and a murder mystery South China Morning Post Paul Leibovitz once a successful journalist, loving father and husband is bereft and alone after the death of a child. But following a chance encounter in Hong Kong with fellow American Elizabeth, whose son has disappeared, Paul decides to investigate. Along with a detective friend, he risks everything and crosses the border to mainland China, there descending into the criminal underworld where he must confront the dark secrets and corruption hidden beneath the veneer and wealth of the new China. Whispering Shadows is the absorbing tale of one mans search for redemption in a rapidly changing country where the ghosts of the past threaten to engulf the present.