Whispering Shadows: A Novel (1) (The Rising Dragon Series)

Sendker, Jan-Philipp

ISBN 10: 1476793646 / ISBN 13: 9781476793641

Published by 37 Ink, 2015

About this Item

New York, 2015; flat signed by author on title page; red paper covered boards; minimal shelf wear; dust jacket with mild wear, sticker on front; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 337 pages.

Seller Inventory # SKU1176851

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Whispering Shadows: A Novel (1) (The Rising Dragon Series)
• Publisher: 37 Ink
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1476793646
• ISBN 13: 9781476793641
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 37th ed.
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Like New
• Weight: 18 ounces
• Signed: Signed by Author

About this title

Synopsis

The first in a suspenseful new trilogy by the internationally bestselling author of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, this gripping story follows a retired expat journalist in contemporary China who tries to crack a murder case as he battles his own personal demons.

American expat Paul Leibovitz was once an ambitious advisor, dedicated father, and loving husband. But after living for nearly thirty years in Hong Kong, personal tragedy strikes and Paul’s marriage unravels in the fallout.

Now Paul is living as a recluse on an outlying island of Hong Kong. When he makes a fleeting connection with Elizabeth, a distressed American woman on the verge of collapse, his life is thrown into turmoil. Less than twenty-four hours later, Elizabeth’s son is found dead in Shenzhen, and Paul, invigorated by a newfound purpose, sets out to investigate the murder on his own.

As Paul, Elizabeth, and a detective friend descend deeper into the Shenzhen underworld—against the wishes of a woman with whom Paul has had a flirtation—they discover dark secrets hidden beneath China’s booming new wealth. In a country where rich businessmen with expensive degrees can corrupt the judicial system, the potential for evil abounds.

Part love story, part crime thriller, Whispering Shadows is the captivating tale of one man’s desperate search for redemption within the vice of a world superpower, a place where secrets from the past threaten to upend the country’s unchecked drive towards modernization.

About the Author

Jan-Philipp Sendker, born in Hamburg in 1960, was the American correspondent for Stern from 1990 to 1995, and its Asian correspondent from 1995 to 1999. In 2000 he published Cracks in the Wall, a nonfiction book about China. The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, his first novel, was an international bestseller. He lives in Berlin with his family.