
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION DAGGER 2023
A dark Chinese suspense thriller about teenage accountability, where no one is innocent, for fans of Keigo Higashino and Un-Su Kim
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, Bad Kids is the suspense thriller that has taken China by storm, proving that anyone has what it takes to become a killer.
Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 9781782277620
Number of pages: 336
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
"A perfect noir for modern China!"
--Crime Reads
"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
--Crime Reads
"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
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