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A unique blend of tension, charm, tragedy, and optimism, with characters youll love and a setting so real youll think youve been there. Highly Child, author of the Jack Reacher series
Ed Lins big-hearted, eye-opening fifth installment in the fan-favorite Taipei Night Market series
Jing-nan, the owner of the most popular food stand in Taipeis world-famous Shilin night market, is hauling trash after a successful evening of hawking Taiwanese delicacies to tourists when he finds a corpse propped up against the dumpsters. The dead man turns out to be Juan Ramos, a Philippine national who came to Taiwan for a job at a massive ZHD food processing plant.
Jing-nan is haunted by Ramoss story, and by the heartbreak of his family, who arrive in Taipei looking for answers. ZHD has a history of safety violations, and activists have a hunch Ramoss death might be part of a cover-up. Meanwhile, Jingnans gangster uncle, Big Eye, has his own mysterious, probably illegal, reasons for being concerned about whats going on in ZHD. He pressures Jing-nan into a daring and risky mission: going undercover as a migrant laborer to get a job at the food processing plant and reporting back about the conditions inside. Jing-nan hopes to find out the truth for the Ramos family, and to save other immigrant livesbut first he has to survive the spy operation.
This rollicking crime novel is a scorching, timely examination of our global dependence on undocumented immigrants.
Author: Ed Lin
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Soho Crime
Published: 04/07/2026
Series: Taipei Night Market Novel
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.25lbs
ISBN: 9781641297240
Language: English
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