{"product_id":"2940157939250","title":"The China Wife","description":"In this dark, far-reaching novel, Hedley Harrison plunges the reader into the terrifying world of human trafficking. \u003cbr\u003eJulie Kershawe's successful career in the UK Border Agency has come to a sudden and ignominious end, and at her ex-boss's prompting she decides to start her life over in Melbourne, Australia. Even there, however, she cannot escape her past and quickly finds herself co-opted into an intergovernmental attempt to uncover a human-trafficking cartel. This one is unusual, however – the 'human commodities' here are not coerced workers or sexually exploited women but 'high-end' trophy brides for China's new business elite. \u003cbr\u003eAt once gripping thriller and heart-rending exposé, this is an important novel dealing with one of the greatest scourges of our contemporary world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--- Hedley Harrison graduated from London University and joined a major oil company progressing to senior management and seeing service in the UK, Nigeria, Australia and the North Sea. His first novel, Coup (ISBN: 9781846246029) was published by Book Guild in 2011, followed by his second, Disunited States (ISBN: 9781846248382) in 2013. He lives in Charminster, Dorchester.","brand":"The Bookguild Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170205253872,"sku":"2940157939250","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157939250_p0.jpg?v=1764106491","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157939250","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}