{"product_id":"9780345527943","title":"The Ghost Shift: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eGorky Park,\u003c\/i\u003e John Gapper\u003cb\u003e’\u003c\/b\u003es new thriller takes readers inside the secretive and dangerous world of modern China, as a young woman makes a haunting discovery—one that forces her to choose between duty to her government and a desperate desire to learn the truth about herself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThis wasn’t just a body in a field. The corpse’s shape was hers—same length, same curves. Then she knew, and everything else receded to nothingness. All she could see was a woman with the same nose, the same eyes, and the same face.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHer twin.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As an up-and-coming agent of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, Song Mei probes political corruption, not mysterious deaths. But that changes when she arrives on the scene of a grim police investigation and is confronted with a crime—and a victim—impossible to ignore. Despite strict orders and threats from superiors, Mei knows she can not turn away.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Breaking protocol, Mei undertakes a covert search for the truth about the mystery woman’s death—and life—by following in her footsteps from a factory plagued by worker suicides to a luxury hotel dealing in high-end escorts to an American home haunted by tragedy. But when Mei crosses paths with an ex–CIA operative on a shadowy mission of his own, her personal quest takes a jarring turn into political and industrial espionage that pits both agents against the highest ranks of communism and capitalism.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for John Gapper’s \u003ci\u003eA Fatal Debt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Rarely does one read a first novel so self-assured, sharp, and compelling. It takes off like a rocket and doesn’t stop until its explosive conclusion.”\u003cb\u003e—Joseph Finder, author of \u003ci\u003eSuspicion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “An enlightening and grisly tale . . . tightly plotted and fast-paced.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “An ingenious thriller about the ruthless world of high finance.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A fast-paced book that should entertain finance aficionados and fans of detective fiction alike.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A neatly crafted and well-written thriller . . . an audacious, assured debut.”\u003cb\u003e—David Ignatius, author of \u003ci\u003eBloodmoney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[Gapper] knows when to put his foot on the narrative accelerator.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Intriguing . . . suspenseful . . . a web of deceit and betrayal.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103834259696,"sku":"9780345527943","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780345527943_p0.jpg?v=1763688091","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780345527943","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}