The Wardens of Punyu (The Handover Mysteries, Volume I)
by D. L. Kung
Genre: Other11
Published: 1996
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THIS IS THE REVISED AND RE-EDITED VERSION, WITH UPDATED ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, THANKS, EYES & EARS EDITIONS"Kung delivers a touching story enriched by its strong Hong Kong atmosphere." Publishers Weekly"This is a Hong Kong readers don't come across very often and the author brings the city alive." Chicago TribuneHong Kong's Lunar New Year break is over and Business World's testy New York editors are howling for China copy. Unfortunately, Hong Kong bureau chief Claire Raymond's new colleague Vic has gone missing. Plus, she's contending with a nasty surprise on her doorstep—a Chinese mainland doctor confessing to murder.With only a year to go before Beijing takes over the British colony, China's transition to power is revealing its dark and lawless side. Claire's desperate search to rescue Vic across Hong Kong's border with China leads through the free-for-all landscape of Guangdong's coastal export boom into the murky use of Communist prison labor to feed the organ transplant trade. And...Pages of The Wardens of Punyu (The Handover Mysteries, Volume I) :