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Scott Lee Mystery Novels #2
The Devil You Know
"The Devil You Know" is Peter Gregoire’s blistering follow-up to his first novel "Article 109", joint-winner of the international Proverse Prize 2012.
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A pressing need for income tempts Scott Lee to take on media tycoon, Rufus Lam’s case. It seems like a straightforward enough missing person’s search. Find out what happened to Rufus Lam’s friend and close business partner, Terence Auyeung. Take the money and move on. That’s the aim. A nice distraction too, from the growing malaise into which Hong Kong, the once vibrant city which has been Scott’s home for the past ten years, is slowly sinking. Sure, it’s 2017 and the city is about to elect its new Chief Executive. But not with the election system Hong Kong people want, Beijing has seen to that. The dream of democracy – true democracy – ended in 2014 when the initial exhilaration of the Umbrella Protests petered into nothing. But as Scott digs deeper in his search for Auyeung, he soon discovers that the Umbrella Generation never dissipated. It just went into hibernation, waiting for the right leader and the right time, to take up the cause once more. That leader is none other than Scott’s client, Rufus Lam.
That time is now. And Scott’s caught right in the middle of it.
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The Author, Peter Gregoire works as a legal counsel in the Hong Kong financial services industry and is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Hong Kong.
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A pressing need for income tempts Scott Lee to take on media tycoon, Rufus Lam’s case. It seems like a straightforward enough missing person’s search. Find out what happened to Rufus Lam’s friend and close business partner, Terence Auyeung. Take the money and move on. That’s the aim. A nice distraction too, from the growing malaise into which Hong Kong, the once vibrant city which has been Scott’s home for the past ten years, is slowly sinking. Sure, it’s 2017 and the city is about to elect its new Chief Executive. But not with the election system Hong Kong people want, Beijing has seen to that. The dream of democracy – true democracy – ended in 2014 when the initial exhilaration of the Umbrella Protests petered into nothing. But as Scott digs deeper in his search for Auyeung, he soon discovers that the Umbrella Generation never dissipated. It just went into hibernation, waiting for the right leader and the right time, to take up the cause once more. That leader is none other than Scott’s client, Rufus Lam.
That time is now. And Scott’s caught right in the middle of it.
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The Author, Peter Gregoire works as a legal counsel in the Hong Kong financial services industry and is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Hong Kong.
344 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 5, 2015
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About the author
Peter Gregoire
11 books5 followersPeter Gregoire is the best-selling author of "Article 109", a legal thriller set in Hong Kong which topped the Dymock’s best-seller list and was awarded the Proverse Prize.
In "Article 109", Scott Lee is a struggling lawyer who, when investigating the suicide of a former colleague, unravels a conspiracy that goes to the very heart of Hong Kong’s future. "Article 109" explores Hong Kong’s fragile status as an international finance centre and its place in the world, as China continues its steady march to superpowerdom.
Currently the head of the legal department for the Hong Kong subsidiary of one of the world’s largest general insurance groups, Peter has also worked for the regulatory authorities in Hong Kong and as a private practice commercial litigation lawyer in the City of London.
Peter has been writing fiction since 2006 and his stories have been published in a wide range of anthologies. His short story Dispute Resolution won the senior category prize in the 2008 Standard/RTHK competition and a consultation with Pan Macmillan.
In "Article 109", Scott Lee is a struggling lawyer who, when investigating the suicide of a former colleague, unravels a conspiracy that goes to the very heart of Hong Kong’s future. "Article 109" explores Hong Kong’s fragile status as an international finance centre and its place in the world, as China continues its steady march to superpowerdom.
Currently the head of the legal department for the Hong Kong subsidiary of one of the world’s largest general insurance groups, Peter has also worked for the regulatory authorities in Hong Kong and as a private practice commercial litigation lawyer in the City of London.
Peter has been writing fiction since 2006 and his stories have been published in a wide range of anthologies. His short story Dispute Resolution won the senior category prize in the 2008 Standard/RTHK competition and a consultation with Pan Macmillan.
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