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Dinah Lee Küng

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Description:Best read after "The Wardens of Punyu," this book was recently revised and re-titled "The End of May Road" as Vol II of The Handover Mysteries. It offers an accessible aura of intimacy with the lives of ordinary foreigners caught up in the Hong Kong changeover. Kung captures the large by focussing on the small: the story mixes the fears of a new mother about her baby and her relationship with its father with the exotic politics and practices of a city in turmoil. Claire Raymond, anxious to get back to her job as a writer for an American business magazine, is looking for a nurse to mind her 6-week-old son, Caspar. Suddenly, her comfortable apartment enclave is shattered by the mysterious death of one little boy and the kidnapping of another. With the help of a Scottish priest, Claire starts an investigation of her own that is hindered by threats to her son's safety and to the delicate balance of her future with the Swiss diplomat who fathered the boy but still hasn't proposed marriage.As a journalist who spent many years there, Kung captures the dusk of the Chinese island's life as a British colony with an authenticity that gives this pageturner a definite edge.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Left in the Care of. To get started finding Left in the Care of, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Best read after "The Wardens of Punyu," this book was recently revised and re-titled "The End of May Road" as Vol II of The Handover Mysteries. It offers an accessible aura of intimacy with the lives of ordinary foreigners caught up in the Hong Kong changeover. Kung captures the large by focussing on the small: the story mixes the fears of a new mother about her baby and her relationship with its father with the exotic politics and practices of a city in turmoil. Claire Raymond, anxious to get back to her job as a writer for an American business magazine, is looking for a nurse to mind her 6-week-old son, Caspar. Suddenly, her comfortable apartment enclave is shattered by the mysterious death of one little boy and the kidnapping of another. With the help of a Scottish priest, Claire starts an investigation of her own that is hindered by threats to her son's safety and to the delicate balance of her future with the Swiss diplomat who fathered the boy but still hasn't proposed marriage.As a journalist who spent many years there, Kung captures the dusk of the Chinese island's life as a British colony with an authenticity that gives this pageturner a definite edge.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Left in the Care of. To get started finding Left in the Care of, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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