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During Taiwan’s Ghost Month, Jing‑nan, a young street vendor in Taipei’s night market, is stunned when his former high‑school sweetheart, Julia Huang, is found dead on a highway where she sold betel nuts. A former valedictorian now working as a betel‑nut beaut, Julia’s transition from NYU scholar to street vendor raises questions. With the police shutting down the case and Julia’s parents uncertain, Jing‑nan agrees to dig into her past, reconnecting with old classmates and uncovering revelations that challenge his perceptions of honor, destiny, and the night market’s underbelly.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Ed Lin
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