Gapper Ghost Shift

A Novel
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-345-52794-3
Verlag: Ballantine Books
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

In the tradition of Gorky Park, John Gapper's new thriller takes readers inside the secretive and dangerous world of modern China, as a young woman makes a haunting discoveryone that forces her to choose between duty to her government and a desperate desire to learn the truth about herself. This wasn't just a body in a field. The corpse's shape was herssame length, same curves. Then she knew, and everything else receded to nothingness. All she could see was a woman with the same nose, the same eyes, and the same face. Her twin. As an up-and-coming agent of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, Song Mei probes political corruption, not mysterious deaths. But that changes when she arrives on the scene of a grim police investigation and is confronted with a crimeand a victimimpossible to ignore. Despite strict orders and threats from superiors, Mei knows she can not turn away. Breaking protocol, Mei undertakes a covert search for the truth about the mystery woman's deathand lifeby following in her footsteps from a factory plagued by worker suicides to a luxury hotel dealing in high-end escorts to an American home haunted by tragedy. But when Mei crosses paths with an exCIA operative on a shadowy mission of his own, her personal quest takes a jarring turn into political and industrial espionage that pits both agents against the highest ranks of communism and capitalism. Praise for John Gapper's A Fatal Debt ';Rarely does one read a first novel so self-assured, sharp, and compelling. It takes off like a rocket and doesn't stop until its explosive conclusion.'Joseph Finder, author of Suspicion ';An enlightening and grisly tale . . . tightly plotted and fast-paced.'The New Yorker ';An ingenious thriller about the ruthless world of high finance.'The Washington Post ';A fast-paced book that should entertain finance aficionados and fans of detective fiction alike.'Fortune ';A neatly crafted and well-written thriller . . . an audacious, assured debut.'David Ignatius, author of Bloodmoney ';[Gapper] knows when to put his foot on the narrative accelerator.'Financial Times ';Intriguing . . . suspenseful . . . a web of deceit and betrayal.'BooklistFrom the Hardcover edition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gapper, John