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The last six million seconds, John Burdett

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The last six million seconds

John Burdett

In shops throughout Hong Kong, clocks are ticking down the seconds before control passes from the British back to the Chinese on June 30, 1997. In his explosive new thriller, John Burdett captures the excitement and unease felt throughout the world on the eve of the changeover. When Royal Hong Kong Police Chief Inspector Chan Siu-Kai ("Charlie") is called to the harbor at the South China Sea, he discovers three heads floating in the water. The rest of the remains are found at the bottom of a commercial meat grinder in an abandoned warehouse. Confronted with a case of triple homicide, Chan has to find out why the coast guard and an outside agency are opposed to his investigation. Chan, a determined policeman who is half Chinese, half Irish, goes in search of the killer and the truth behind the British government's attempts at a cover-up