Bad Kids
By (Author) Zijin Chen
Pushkin Press
Pushkin Vertigo
5th October 2022
4th August 2022
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery fiction
Narrative theme: Interior life
895.136
Paperback
336
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
THE PERFECT CRIME DOESN'T EXIST
One beautiful morning, Zhang Dongsheng pushes his wealthy in-laws off a remotemountain.
It's the perfect crime. Or so he thinks.
For Zhang did not expect that teenager Chaoyang and his friends would catch him inthe act. An opportunity for blackmail presents itself and the kids start down a darkpath that will lead to the unravelling of all their lives.
Dark, heart-stopping and violent, Bad Kids is the suspense thriller that has taken Chinaby storm, proving that anyone has what it takes to become a killer.
'A sensitive, complex examination of the human condition' - The Economist [on the TV adaptation]
'A tense crime drama, unexpectedly poignant in its exploration of childhood, family ties and the harsh realities of life for China's more vulnerable' - Guardian [on the TV adaptation]
Zijin Chen is a bestselling author of crime fiction. Bad Kids has been adapted into one of China's highest-rated online TV shows of all time, with over five billion topic posts on Weibo. He lives in Ningbo, China.