Bad Kids
Will be published approx. on 4. August 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-78227-762-0 (ISBN)
Description
<b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION DAGGER 2023</b>
<b>A dark Chinese suspense thriller about teenage accountability, where no one is innocent, for fans of Keigo Higashino and Un-Su Kim</b>
One beautiful morning, Zhang Dongsheng pushes his wealthy in-laws off a remote mountain.
It's the perfect crime. Or so he thinks.
For Zhang did not expect that teenager Chaoyang and his friends would catch him in the act. An opportunity for blackmail presents itself and the kids start down a dark path that will lead to the unravelling of all their lives.
Dark, heart-stopping and violent, <i>Bad Kids</i> is the suspense thriller that has taken China by storm, proving that anyone has what it takes to become a killer.
Reviews / Votes
I really loved [this] book... every twist and turn had me well and truly hooked... genius... one of those books where I was desperate to know how it might end, yet didn't want to reach the end! -- Jackie McLean, author of the DI Donna Davenport series A perfect noir for modern China! * CrimeReads *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pushkin Press
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 193 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
296 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78227-762-0 (9781782277620)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Zijin Chen
Bad Kids
the dark and twisty Chinese suspense bestseller, for fans of Keigo Higashino and Bullet Train
E-Book
06/2022
Pushkin Vertigo
€8.39
Available for download
Person
Zijin Chen is a best-selling author of crime fiction. Bad Kids has been adapted into one of China's highest-rated online TV shows of all time, with over five billion topic posts on Weibo. He lives in Ningbo, China.