In Gwan-Dai's Name

by Steven Griffiths

Hong Kong in the mid 90s...A commando-style raid on Shatin Racecourse nets HK $270,000,000 and causes the violent deaths of several police guards. A special detective team discovers this was perpetrated by ex-military from mainland China, and funded by local triads. But what significance has the headless corpse of a Westerner dumped among the garbage of a Kowloon alley?With the handover to China only a few years off, nothing must threaten Hong Kong's stability. Though the police task-force works day and night, not even a total security alert can prevent disaster.In a chilling time-race, cops and their shadowy opponents clash in a sequence of explosive engagements throughout Hong Kong, Macao, the Chinese mainland, and even Tokyo.

350 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Richard Turner]

A great book, the author really created a sense of Hong Kong for me. Great thriller based in a UK expat community. I hope he’s written other stuff, I heartily recommend it.