99 Ways to Die

Name: 99 Ways to Die
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Ed Lin
ISBN: 9781980007418

Author: Ed Lin

Series: Taipei Night Market #3

Narrator: Ewan Chung

Unabridged: 7 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/09/2018

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, International Crime & Mystery, Amateur Sleuth, Crime

Synopsis

The third funny, food-forward mystery by Ed Lin set in and around Taipei's bustling night market Jing-nan has known Peggy Lee, a bullying frenemy who runs her family's huge corporation, since high school. Peggy's father has been kidnapped, and the ransom the kidnappers are demanding is not money but IP: a high-tech memory chip that they want to sell in China. Jing-nan feels sorry for Peggy until she starts blackmailing him into helping out. Peggy is worried the kidnappers' deadline will pass before the police are able to track down the chip. But when the reluctant Jing-nan tries to help, he finds himself deeper and deeper in trouble with some very unsavory characters-the most unsavory of whom might very well be the victim himself.

About Ed Lin

Ed Lin is a journalist by training and the author of the Taipei Night Market series: Ghost Month, Incensed, and 99 Ways to Die; his literary debut, Waylaid; and the Robert Chow crime series set in 1970s Manhattan Chinatown. He is of Taiwanese and Chinese descent and is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sunny

a fun little thriller set in Taipei !......more

Goodreads review by Victoria

A fun, food-filled mystery set in Taipei that has plenty to say about immigration, tradition, and the relationship between China and Taiwan.......more

Goodreads review by Kasa

Although this is third in the series, it is my first, and a welcome find. There's a mcguffin, a valuable computer enhancement, which sparks a kidnapping and murder, but the real enjoyment lies in the time and location -- I don't believe I've read anything like this set in Taiwan. Ed Lin incorporates......more

Goodreads review by Damon

3.5/5 Third in the Taipei Night Market series, 99 Ways To Die is an improvement over the second book in the series, though ultimately uneven. First, the good. Ed Lin has a great voice for his character, which makes the narrative entertaining. This includes the Jing-nan, the protagonist, 'peppering' th......more