{"product_id":"second-sister-9780802129475","title":"Second Sister","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA reclusive Hong Kong PI and hacker investigates a teenager's mysterious death in this technological thriller by the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Borrowed\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA schoolgirl--Siu-Man--has committed suicide, leaping from her twenty-second floor window to the pavement below. Siu-Man is an orphan and the librarian older sister who's been raising her refuses to believe there was no foul play--nothing seemed amiss. She contacts a man known only as N.--a hacker, and an expert in cybersecurity and manipulating human behavior. But can Nga-Yee interest him sufficiently to take her case, and can she afford it if he says yes?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is a cat and mouse game through the city of Hong Kong and its digital underground, especially an online gossip platform, where someone has been slandering Siu-Man. The novel is also populated by a man harassing girls on mass transit; high school kids, with their competing agendas and social dramas; a Hong Kong digital company courting an American venture capitalist; and the Triads, market women and noodle shop proprietors who frequent N.'s neighborhood of Sai Wan. In the end it all comes together to tell us who caused Siu-Man's death and why, and to ask, in a world where online and offline dialogue has increasingly forgotten about the real people on the other end, what the proper punishment is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Readers will savor every twist and turn of Chan Ho-Kei's tour de force. . . . \u003ci\u003eSecond Sister\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterclass on the vagaries of our digital age.\" --\u003ci\u003eCriminal Element\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] clever, twisty novel. . . . Fans of hacker thrillers such as Stieg Larsson's Lisbeth Salander books will be amply rewarded.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review, PW Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Virtually irresistible, with twisty-turny, didn't-see-that-coming manipulations guaranteed to keep readers wide awake into the wee hours. . . . For readers, the provocative mix of urgent contemporary issues and page-turning action won't disappoint.\" --\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press, Black Cat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802129475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/09\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chan Ho-Kei","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52732238004405,"sku":"9780802129475","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/second-sister-9780802129475","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}