About this item
"American expat Paul Leibovitz was once an ambitious advisor, dedicated father, and loving husband. But after living for nearly thirty years in Hong Kong, personal tragedy strikes and Paul's marriage unravels in the fallout. Now Paul is living as a recluse on an outlying island of Hong Kong. When he makes a fleeting connection with Elizabeth, a distressed American woman on the verge of collapse, his life is thrown into turmoil. Less than twenty-four hours later, Elizabeth's son is found dead in Shenzhen, and Paul, invigorated by a newfound purpose, sets out to investigate the murder on his own"--Amazon.com.
About the Author
Jan-Philipp Sendker was born on 28. January 1960 in Hamburg, Germany. He became a foreign correspondent for Stern magazine in 1990, reporting from the USA and Asia, and took to writing his debut novel "The Art of Hearing Heartbeats" in 2000. Since then, he has published 3 further novels, which have been translated into about 30 languages around the world. In 2013, he received the indies Choice Honor Award for Adult Fiction, and is currently working on new literary projects.
