{"product_id":"9781786487049","title":"The Ghost Marriage: A compact return to the thrilling crime series (A China Thriller Novella)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLI YAN AND MARGARET CAMPBELL RETURN IN A NEW SHORT STORY, YEARS AFTER THE DRAMATIC CONCLUSION OF \u003ci\u003eCHINESE WHISPERS\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e               \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I saw your missing girl at a ghost wedding last week. She was the bride.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has been a whirlwind few years for Li Yan and Margaret Campbell. Nowadays, both are busy juggling their huge professional workloads - Li as the newly promoted chief of Beijing's serious crime squad, and Campbell as lecturer at the University of Public Security - with the day-to-day raising of their young son, Li Jon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a desperate mother appeals to Campbell's own maternal instincts, Li agrees to look into the disappearance of a 17-year-old Beijing girl, Jiang Meilin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet Li's investigation soon turns from a favour into a full-scale murder enquiry. And when he receives an anonymous note he learns Jiang Meilin's death is tied to a dangerous underground trade, and a dark marital rite from China's past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136971620592,"sku":"9781786487049","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781786487049_p0.jpg?v=1763729563","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781786487049","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}