The Borrowed

by Chan Ho-Kei

Jeremy Tiang (Translator)

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Six interlocking stories.
One spellbinding novel.


The year is 2013, and Hong Kong's greatest detective is dying. For fifty years, Inspector Kwan quietly solved cases while the world changed around him. Now his partner Detective Lok has come to his deathbed for help with one final case.

Where there is murder, there is humanity. This bold and intricate crime novel spans five decades of love, honour, race, class, jealousy and revenge in one of the most intriguing nations in the world.

This is the story of a man who let justice shine in the space between black and white. This is the story of Hong Kong.
  • ISBN10 1784971510
  • ISBN13 9781784971519
  • Publish Date 8 September 2016
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 5 July 2023
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Head of Zeus
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 496
  • Language English