Product Details
Scribner, December 2008
Hardcover, 384 pages
ISBN-10: 1416593535
ISBN-13: 9781416593539
Description
Inspector Jian is a tough Chinese cop who thinks he's seen it all. But his search for his missing daughter takes him to the meanest streets he's ever faced -- in rural England.
Migrant worker Ding Ming is distressed -- his gang master is making demands, he owes a lot of money to the snakeheads, and no one will tell him where his wife has been taken. Maybe England isn't the Gold Mountain he was promised.
Two desperate men, lost in a baffling foreign land, are pitted against a ruthless band of human traffickers in this breathtaking thriller.
How did you come to write this book?
"Like a sharp knife flung across a dark room of dangerous figures, Simon Lewis's fabulous Bad Traffic hurtles through space and time, effortlessly cutting through cultures and life stories before it sinks itself deep into the reader's consciousness, leaving amazement, satisfaction, and the impatient desire to read his next book as soon as possible."
-- Colin Harrison, author of The Finder: A Novel
"Bad Traffic is a thrilling read as well as a study of social problems and a people dislocated in a foreign country. Simon's understanding and sensitivity toward the Chinese people and culture give the book its memorable depth. His characters are keenly observed and deftly drawn. I finished the book from cover to cover in one sitting."
-- Diane Wei Liang, author of The Eye Of Jade
"A unique story narrated through conflicting yet complementing perspectives.With vivid characterizations in an unprecedented milieu and an odysseyagainst impossible odds, Simon Lewis succeeds in producing a moving, convincingthriller."
-- Qiu Xiaolong, author of Red Mandarin Dress: An Inspector Chen Novel
Examiner.com, April 24, 2009
...Times Book Award: Nina Revoyr, author The Age of Dreaming; Michael Koryta, author of Envy the Night; and Simon Lewis, author of Bad Traffic ...
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, April 19, 2009
...Here's a review of Bad Traffic by Simon Lewis By Oline H. Cogdill Sun Sentinel Mystery Fiction Columnist Bad Traffic. Simon Lewis. Scribner. $25. 375 pp. The lives of two Chinese men converge in the ...
Los Angeles Times, March 18, 2009
...that sense of 'What happens next?' and that is definitely one of the appeals of a mystery structure.' Simon Lewis' 'Bad Traffic: ' is his first mystery. Now a travel writer who lives in China, the Welsh-born Lewis was brought up in Scotland; ...
Whitehaven News, March 5, 2009
...Emily, a successful young Manhatten lawyer, ends a happy relationship to discover what she wants out of life. Bad Traffic by Simon Lewis. Inspector Jian, a Chinese cop from the Siberian border, thinks he has seen it all until he has to hunt ...
Arizona Daily Star, January 30, 2009
...allows one character's story to ripple through another's in unexpected ways. Colette Bancroft, St. Petersburg Times 'Bad Traffic' By Simon Lewis (Scribner, $25) The lives of two Chinese men converge in the exotic country of England in travel ...
Book Reporter, January 16, 2009
...BAD TRAFFIC, Simon Lewis?s debut novel, is a fish-out-of-water story featuring two fish, similarly situated, who find each other and form an odd, disparate bond. Actually, ?bond? might not be ...
