Hungry Ghost Av Stephen Leather

<P><B>Hong Kong, 1991.</B> The colony is preparing for Chinese rule.<br><br>Geoff Howells, a government-trained killing machine, is brought out of retirement and sent to there. His brief: to assassinate Chinese Mafia leader, Simon Ng. Howells devises a dangerous and complicated plan to reach his intended victim - only to find himself the next target.<br><br>Patrick Dugan, a Hong Kong policeman, has been held back in his career because of his family connections: his sister is married to Simon Ng. But when Ng''s daughter is kidnapped and Ng himself disappears, Dugan gets caught up in a series of violent events and an international spy ring that has spun out of control . . .<br><br>***********<br><br><B>PRAISE FOR STEPHEN LEATHER</B><br><br>''A master of the thriller genre''<br><I>Irish Times</I><br><br> ''As tough as British thrillers get . . . gripping'' <br><I>Irish Independent </I><br><br>''The sheer impetus of his story-telling is damned hard to resist''<br><I>Sunday Express</I></P>