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Second Sister
Natasha, a librarian, lives a quiet life with her fifteen-year-old sister Anastasia. After a difficult, impoverished upbringing and the deaths of their parents, they are finally finding a bit of stability. Then one day, Natasha comes home to find her teenage sister has jumped to her death. Was it suicide, or was she pushed? And does it have anything to do with a recent trip on the Hong Kong subway which left Anastasia silent and withdrawn? Natasha cannot rest until she knows the truth about her sister - even if that means tracking down her sister's friends one by one and making them confess. Part detective novel, part revenge thriller, this book explores themes of sexual harassment, internet bullying and teenage suicide - and vividly captures the zeitgeist of Hong Kong today.
The Borrowed
A legendary detective uncovers Hong Kong’s darkest crimes: “An ambitious narrative brilliantly executed . . . What an achievement!” (John Burdett, author of Bangkok 8). From award-winning author Chan Ho-kei, The Borrowed tells the story of Kwan Chun-dok, a detective who’s worked in Hong Kong fifty years. Across six decades of Hong Kong’s volatile history, the narrative follows Kwan through the Leftist Riot of 1967, when a bombing plot threatens many lives; the conflict between the HK Police and ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption) in 1977; the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989; the Handover in 1997; and the present day of 2013, when Kwan is called on to solve his final ...
The Borrowed (13.67)
Kwan Chun-dok mendapat julukan Sang Mata Surga karena caranya mengingat detail lokasi dan kemampuannya mengindentifikasi tersangka hanya dari cara berjalannya. Kwan mampu mengartikan petunjuk dan menggali sisi psikologis pelaku kejahatan hingga tingkat keberhasilannya dalam memecahkan kasus nyaris seratus persen. Bersama timnya, termasuk anak didiknya, Sonny Lok, Kwan berhasil menemukan petunjuk tak kentara yang menjadi pemicu tindak kejahatan. Buku ini terbagi atas enam bagian yang diceritakan dalam kronologi terbalik—masing-masing berisi kasus penting dalam karier Kwan dan terjadi di tengah momen penting sejarah Hong Kong: Pemberontakan Kelompok Kiri tahun 1967 ketika teror bom mengancam penduduk Hong Kong; konflik antara Polisi Hong Kong dan Komisi Independen Anti Korupsi Hong Kong tahun 1977; Pembantaian Tiananmen tahun 1989; Serah-Terima Kekuasaan tahun 1997; dan Hong Kong pada tahun 2013 saat Kwan diminta menyelesaikan kasus terakhirnya ketika dia sedang terbaring koma di rumah sakit. The Borrowed (13.67) mengungkap betapa segala hal sangat berkaitan erat dan bagaimana sejarah selalu berulang.
Psycho-Criminological Perspective of Criminal Justice in Asia
This book offers both theoretical and practical examinations of the psycho-criminology of criminal justice in Asia, with particular emphasis on the Hong Kong and Singapore contexts. It is designed to present the current state of the field, which addresses key topics in three major sub-areas – policing and legal system, offender rehabilitation and treatment, and research and future directions. Written by academics with extensive research experience in their respective topics and senior ranking practitioners in their fields, topics include psychologists’ involvement in different aspects of forensic investigation, police emotional reactions to major incidents, the application of psychologic...
Farewell, My Orange
“Kei’s intense and impressive debut is the story of two women who bond in their adopted country of Australia . . . An immigrant tale that readers won’t forget” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Winner of the Kenzaburo Oe Prize Far from her native country of Nigeria and now living as a single mother of two, Salimah works the night shift at a supermarket in a small Australia town. She is shy and barely speaks English, but pushes herself to sign up for an ESL class offered at the local university. At the group’s first meeting, Salimah meets Sayuri, who has come to Australia from Japan with her husband, a resident research associate at the local college. Sayuri has put her own education on hold to take care of her infant daughter, and she is plagued by worries about financial instability and her general precariousness. When Sayuri faces a devastating loss, and one of Salimah’s boys leaves to live with his father, the two women look to one another for comfort and sustenance, as they slowly master their new language, in this “unexpectedly riveting” debut novel (Financial Times).
Hong Kong Murders
In this unique and engrossing story, Kate Whitehead shows how murders committed in Hong Kong reflect various aspects of its life. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in Hong Kong, Chinese culture and society, and psychology.
The Secret Keeper
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The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)
"Long ago in 1945 all the nice people in England were poor, allowing for exceptions," begins The Girls of Slender Means, Dame Muriel Spark's tragic and rapier-witted portrait of a London ladies' hostel just emerging from the shadow of World War II. Like the May of Teck Club itself—"three times window shattered since 1940 but never directly hit"—its lady inhabitants do their best to act as if the world were back to normal: practicing elocution, and jostling over suitors and a single Schiaparelli gown. The novel's harrowing ending reveals that the girls' giddy literary and amorous peregrinations are hiding some tragically painful war wounds. Chosen by Anthony Burgess as one of the Best Modern Novels in the Sunday Times of London, The Girls of Slender Means is a taut and eerily perfect novel by an author The New York Times has called "one of this century's finest creators of comic-metaphysical entertainment."
The Ventriloquist's Daughter
After the tragic death of Luir's mother, her father, a thwarted artist working as a doctor in the family hospital, is overcome with grief. He goes to study in America, leaving six-year-old Luir in the care of her grandparents, promising to return with a special doll for her. But instead of studying, her father travels to the Andes, where he meets a mysterious ventriloquist who takes him as a pupil. Five years later, he returns home, bringing with him one of the ventriloquist's dolls. But it is not a present for Luir; instead, it becomes a menacing presence in the house, causing strife within the family. After observing her father performing strange rituals with the doll, Luir must find a way to defeat her demons - real or imagined.
