Young, talented, in love with life, why should sally have thrown herself fifteen floors to her death? But as suicide is the verdict of the uncompromising Hong Kong authorities, Sally’s brother, a London-based crime reporter, begins his own investigations.
As he delves into the details of Sally’s unaccountably opulent lifestyle and her mysterious work as a journalist, he is forced to recognize a very different girl from the fun-loving kid sister he remembers. And he uncovers trail that leads him through the decadent haunts of Hong King ex-pat society, the ruthless wheeler-dealing of international big business and the violent Chinese mafia underworld-to an ultimate, shocking act of revenge...