Incensed

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In Taiwan, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for prioritizing family. When 25-year-old Jing-nan's gangster uncle, Big Eye, asks a favour, Jing-nan can't exactly say no. The favour is this: Big Eye's 16-year-old daughter, Mei-ling, has a biker boyfriend from the wrong side of the tracks and Big Eye wants Jing-nan to bring her to Taipei, away from the bad influences. It doesn't take Jing-nan long to discover Mei-ling is even more trouble than the average bratty, rebellious teenager. And she's also hiding a secret. If Jing-nan wants to save his cousin, he must figure out the truth...

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Praise for Incensed

"Ed LinsIncensedis a stylish, smart thriller for the mind, heart, and gut. Sex, music, history, politics, food, humor, and just a touch of violence and deathyou get it all. And when you're done, youll beg for more."
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Sympathizer

Ed Lin'sIncensedis his best book everand this is the guy who wroteGhost Month. Its world is so vivid and alive that when you're finished you'll remember it as though you spent a month there.
Timothy Hallinan, author ofKing Maybe

"Lins comic tonality makes this reading experience one that brings forth both intrigue and laughter."
Asian American Lit Fans

"The second entry in Lins Taipei Night Market series is an exciting mystery with an intriguing hero and cast of characters who will appeal to readers who like international settings in their crime fiction. Mystery fans enchanted by the Asian night markets visited on numerous Travel Channel shows will enjoy a peek behind the curtain, as Taiwans history and culture are lightly explored in this story that moves fluidly along to its conclusion."
Library Journal

A richly detailed insider's tour of contemporary Taiwan.
Kirkus Reviews

"Readers will be as caught up in Lins rich descriptions of Taiwans sights, sounds, and mouthwatering foods as they are in his intriguing characters."
Publishers Weekly

Praise for Ghost Month

A unique blend of tension, charm, tragedy and optimism, with characters youll love, and a setting so real youll think youve been there. Highly recommended.
Lee Child

A sidewalk noodle shop in Taipeis Shilin Night Market during summers Ghost Month is the vivid backdrop for Ed Lins Ghost Month . . . The plot twists come fast and furious as the story reaches its climax. Come for the exotic food and fascinating setting; stay for the characters.
The Boston Globe

Covers Taiwans complicated political identity and relationship with mainland China, all during one of the most remarkable times of the year: Ghost Month.
To the Best of Our Knowledge

This is pure and perfect suspense and a book that is almost impossible to put down.
Crimespree Magazine

Author Bio

Ed Lin is a journalist by training and an all-around stand-up kinda guy. He's the author of several books- Ghost Month; Waylaid, his literary debut; and his Robert Chow crime series, set in 1970s Manhattan Chinatown- This Is a Bust, Snakes Can't Run, and One Red Bastard. Lin, who is of Taiwanese and Chinese descent, is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards. Lin lives in New York with his wife, actress Cindy Cheung, and son. From the Hardcover edition.