Book description
1991 in Hong Kong and the colony is preparing for Chinese rule.
Geoff Howells, a government-trained killing machine, is brought out of
retirement and sent there. His brief: to assassinate Chinese Mafia
leader, Simon Ng. Howells devises a dangerous and complicated plan to
reach his intended victim - only to find himself the next target . . .
Patrick Dugan, a Hong Kong policeman, has been held back in his career
because of his family connections - his sister is married to Simon Ng.
But when Ng's daughter is kidnapped and Ng himself disappears, Dugan
gets caught up in a series of violent events and an international spy
ring that has spun out of control . . . Stephen Leather is one of the
UK's most successful thriller writers. Before becoming a novelist he was
a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times
, the Daily Mail
and the South China Morning Post
in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI,
shoveled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump
attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing
full time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than
ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as
London's Burning, The Knock
and the BBC's Murder in Mind
series and two of his books, The Stretch
and The Bombmaker
, were filmed for TV. You can find out more from his website, www.
stephenleather. com.
