EAN: 9781787470477

THE NIGHT TIGER - YANGSZE CHOO KARTONIERT (TB)

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  'The two main characters will captivate you as their paths are
destined to cross... you won't be able to put this one down!' Reese Witherspoon  'I was
willingly propelled into a fascinating and exotic world' Daily Mail  They say a tiger that
devours too many humans can take the form of a man and walk among us...   In 1930s colonial
Malaya  a dissolute British doctor receives a surprise gift of an eleven-year-old Chinese
houseboy. Sent as a bequest from an old friend  young Ren has a mission: to find his dead
master's severed finger and reunite it with his body. Ren has forty-nine days  or else his
master's soul will roam the earth forever.   Ji Lin  an apprentice dressmaker  moonlights as a
dancehall girl to pay her mother's debts. One night  Ji Lin's dance partner leaves her with a
gruesome souvenir that leads her on a crooked  dark trail.   As time runs out for Ren's mission
a series of unexplained deaths occur amid rumours of tigers who turn into men. In their journey
to keep a promise and discover the truth  Ren and Ji Lin's paths will cross in ways they will
never forget.  Captivating and lushly written  The Night Tiger explores the rich world of
servants and masters  ancient superstition and modern ambition  sibling rivalry and unexpected
love. Woven through with Chinese folklore and a tantalizing mystery  this novel is a
page-turner of the highest order.  'An exuberant medley of magic  romance and weirdness' The
Times  '[A] highly imaginative and a spellbinding read' Woman's Weekly

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