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Shanghai

By: Joseph Kanon
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
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‘Step forward Kanon, the American Robert Harris, a man who finds untold stories from our recent past and brings them alive’ TIM SHIPMAN, SUNDAY TIMES

Daniel Lohr, sensing that the Nazis are closing in on the Jews, leaves his dying father in Berlin and boards a ship to Shanghai. His passage is dependent upon him delivering a package to his shady uncle, his father’s brother, upon arrival. Daniel has no idea what the package contains. On board is Leah, also fleeing the Nazis. She and Daniel conduct a passionate but brief shipboard affair, but are separated as soon as the ship docks in Shanghai. Will he ever see her again?

Daniel is immediately plunged into his uncle’s seductive and corrupt world, and becomes involved in the launch of a new nightclub, the biggest, best and most glitzy in town. When violence breaks out and lives are at risk, he finds himself drawn irrevocably into the terrifying underworld that is wartime Shanghai.

Beautifully atmospheric and intricately plotted, this masterful thriller marks exciting new ground for an author hailed by the Sunday Times as ‘the most accomplished spy novelist working today’.

©2024 Joseph Kanon (P)2024 Simon & Schuster, UK 20th Century Crime Fiction Historical Historical Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Thriller & Suspense China Exciting Heartfelt

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A well researched and imaginative evocation. Sympathetic characters and very well constructed plot . Strongly recommend.

Intelligent and gripping

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The relationship between the Japanese and the Chinese people and authority’s. The description of the city of Shanghai .

The description of Shanghai

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Densely plotted, gripping, fantastic characters, beautifully read. Loved it. Off to find more of Joseph Kanon’s books.

Transported to another world.

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Loved this! Narrated beautifully. Left wanting to know how the next chapter of Daniels life unfolded.

Brilliant narration

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The characters seems to speak like someone on sedatives, repeating themselves, in the style of a stuck record.

Slow repetitive dialogue

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