{"product_id":"the-hong-kong-widow-9780593548011","title":"The Hong Kong Widow","description":"\u003cb\u003eHong Kong, 1953: In a remote mansion, witnesses insist a massacre took place. The police see nothing but pristine rooms and declare it a collective hallucination. Until decades later, when one witness returns...from the Edgar(R)-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Russian Doll\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1950s Hong Kong, Mei is a young refugee of the Chinese Communist revolution struggling to put her past in Shanghai behind her. When she receives a shocking invitation--to take part in a competition in one of the city's most notorious haunted houses, pitting six spirit mediums against one another in a series of six séances over six nights, until a single winner emerges--she has every reason to refuse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExcept that the hostess, a former Shanghainese silent film star, is none other than the wife of the man who once destroyed Mei's entire life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is promised the winner will receive a fortune, but there is only one prize Mei wants: revenge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDecades later, the final night of that competition has become an infamous urban legend: The police were called to the scene of a brutal massacre but found no evidence, dismissing it as a collective hallucination. Mei knows what she saw, but now someone else is convinced they know what she \u003ci\u003edid\u003c\/i\u003e. She must uncover the truth about the last night she ever spent in that house--even if the ghosts of her past are waiting for her there. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berkley Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593548011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2025 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kristen Loesch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51495137050805,"sku":"9780593548011","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_38c82148-a518-403a-ac84-ee1839b81ba7.jpg?v=1754974190","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-hong-kong-widow-9780593548011","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}