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Description for Bad Traffic
Paperback. Inspector Jian is a Chinese cop from the Siberian borders who thinks he's seen it all. But his search for his missing daughter brings him to the meanest streets he's ever faced - in rural England. Maybe England isn't the 'gold mountain' he was promised. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 404. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Inspector Jian is a Chinese cop from the Siberian borders who thinks he's seen it all. But his search for his missing daughter brings him to the meanest streets he's ever faced - in rural England. Migrant worker Ding Ming is distressed - his gangmaster's making demands, he owes a lot of money to the snakeheads and no one will tell him where his wife has been taken. Maybe England isn't the `gold mountain' he was promised..... Two desperate men, uneasy allies in a baffling foreign land, are pitted against a band of ruthless ... Read more
Inspector Jian is a Chinese cop from the Siberian borders who thinks he's seen it all. But his search for his missing daughter brings him to the meanest streets he's ever faced - in rural England. Migrant worker Ding Ming is distressed - his gangmaster's making demands, he owes a lot of money to the snakeheads and no one will tell him where his wife has been taken. Maybe England isn't the `gold mountain' he was promised..... Two desperate men, uneasy allies in a baffling foreign land, are pitted against a band of ruthless ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Sort Of Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780954899554
SKU
KIN0034677
Shipping Time
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99-1
About Simon Lewis
Simon Lewis was born in Wales in 1971. His first novel GO (1999) was published by a small press and then picked up by Corgi. It sold more than 40,000 copies and led Simon into work as a film screenwriter. A fluent Mandarin speaker, he has also co-authored the Rough Guide to China. Simon chose to set his debut crime ... Read more
Reviews for Bad Traffic
Inspired writing. Bad Traffic is a honey: suspense that never loses its grip.
Elmore Leonard Lewis's aim was to write a book that was 'fast-paced and pulpy with plenty of action'. He has certainly succeeded, but there's more besides - dark comedy, sensitive characterisation and an incisive rendering of the desperation felt by beleaguered strangers in a foreign land. ... Read more
Elmore Leonard Lewis's aim was to write a book that was 'fast-paced and pulpy with plenty of action'. He has certainly succeeded, but there's more besides - dark comedy, sensitive characterisation and an incisive rendering of the desperation felt by beleaguered strangers in a foreign land. ... Read more