Black Holes
Author(s): Jiahong He
From the author of Hanging Devils, one of The Guardian's top ten Asian crime novels, comes the long-awaited follow-up. When Xia Zhe, an ambitious trader at a state-owned securities company, is indicted for corporate fraud, lawyer Hong Jun takes on the case at the request of the young man's father. But as the trial date looms, it becomes clear that this case of avarice and ill-gotten gains is far from black and white. Hong Jun discovers a web of family secrets and hidden motives leading back to the turbulence of the Cultural Revolution. What he doesn't count on is that, in dredging up these long-dormant histories, he must face the shadows of his own past to get to the truth.
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Professor He Jiahong is one of China's leading experts on criminal evidence, evidential investigation and criminal procedure. He obtained his doctorate in judicial science from Northwestern University in Illinois and is currently professor at the school of law of the People's University in Beijing, one of China's most prestigious academic institutions. He is also a presenter of legal programs on Chinese national television. He Jiahong comments on, speaks on and works extensively to promote anti-corruption and efforts such as The Innocence Project which strive to correct and reduce the number of wrongful imprisonment cases. He has published widely on the subject of criminal law and is the author of Back from the Dead: A Landmark Ruling of Wrongful Conviction in China. He has written several bestselling crime novels, including Hanging Devils, featuring the lawyer-detective Hong Jun, which, in addition to English, has also been translated into French, Spanish and Italian.
General Fields
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- : Penguin China
- : Penguin China
- : 01 November 2014
- : 229mm X 153mm
- : China
- : 01 December 2014
- : books
Special Fields
- : 336
- : 1
- : Paperback
- : Jiahong He