Gossip. Rumour. Revenge. **************************************** From The Author Of The Acclaimed Novel The Borrowed, A Very Timely And Propulsively Plotted Tale Of Cyberbullying And Revenge, About A Woman On The Hunt For The Truth About Her Sister's Death. Chan Ho-kei's The Borrowed Was One Of The Most Acclaimed International Crime Novels Of Recent Years, A Vivid And Compelling Tale Of Power, Corruption, And The Law Spanning Five Decades Of The History Of Hong Kong. Now He Delivers Second Sister, An Up-to-the-minute Tale Of A Darwinian Digital City Where Everyone From Tech Entrepreneurs To Teenagers Is Struggling For The Top. A Schoolgirl – Siu-man – Has Committed Suicide, Leaping From Her Twenty-second Floor Window To The Pavement Below. Siu-man Is An Orphan And The Librarian Older Sister Who's Been Raising Her Refuses To Believe There Was No Foul Play – Nothing Seemed Amiss. She Contacts A Man Known Only As N. – A Hacker, And An Expert In Cybersecurity And Manipulating Human Behavior. But Can Nga-yee Interest Him Sufficiently To Take Her Case, And Can She Afford It If He Says Yes? What Follows Is A Cat And Mouse Game Through The City Of Hong Kong And Its Digital Underground, Especially An Online Gossip Platform, Where Someone Has Been Slandering Siu-man. The Novel Is Also Populated By A Man Harassing Girls On Mass Transit; High School Kids, With Their Competing Agendas And Social Dramas; A Hong Kong Digital Company Courting An American Venture Capitalist; And The Triads, Market Women And Noodle Shop Proprietors Who Frequent N.'s Neighborhood Of Sai Wan. In The End It All Comes Together To Tell Us Who Caused Siu-man's Death And Why, And To Ask, In A World Where Online And Offline Dialogue Has Increasingly Forgotten About The Real People On The Other End, What The Proper Punishment Is. **************************************** Reviews For The Borrowed: 'fascinating And Action-filled' Wall Street Journal. 'an Innovative Novel With A Complex Structure' Crime Time. 'unusual And Fascinating' Irish Independent.