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The first in a suspenseful new trilogy by the internationally best-selling writer of The Art work of Reading Heartbeats, this gripping report uses a retired expat journalist in modern China who tries to split a murder circumstance as he fights his own personal demons. American expat Paul Leibovitz was once an ambitious advisor, dedicated daddy, and loving spouse. But after living for nearly 30 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 girl on the verge of collapse, his life is thrown into turmoil. Less than twenty four hours later, Elizabeth's son is found lifeless in Shenzhen, and Paul, invigorated by way of a newfound purpose, pieces out to research the murder by himself. As Paul, Elizabeth, and a detective friend descend deeper in to the Shenzhen underworld - resistant to the wishes of a woman with whom Paul has had a flirtation - they discover dark secrets hidden beneath China's booming new wealth. In a country where abundant entrepreneurs with expensive degrees can corrupt the judicial system, the potential for wicked abounds. Part love report, part criminal offenses thriller, The Whisper of the Darkness is the captivating tale of 1 man's desperate search for redemption within the vice of a world superpower, a location where secrets from days gone by threaten to upend the country's unchecked drive towards modernization.
