Ed Lin

Robert Chow

1 - Snakes Can't Run (Apr-2010)
2 - One Red Bastard (Apr-2012)

A Taipei Night Market Novel

1 - Ghost Month (Jul-2014)
2 - Incensed (Oct-2016)
3 - 99 Ways to Die (Oct-2018)
4 - Death Doesn't Forget (Jul-2022)

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  Waylaid
  

  • Feb-2002
  • / General Fiction
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  Waylaid is the story of a Chinese American boy who struggles to grow up in the grip of an overcharged sexual environment. With a daily routine that involves renting out rooms to johns and hookers at his parents' sleazy hotel, the narrator loses his g...

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  This Is a Bust
  

  • Aug-2007
  • / Suspense
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  Set in New York’s Chinatown in 1976, this sharp and gritty novel is a mystery set against the backdrop of a city in turmoilRobert Chow is a Vietnam vet and an alcoholic. He’s also the only Chinese American cop on the Chinatown beat, and the only ...

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  Snakes Can't Run
  

  • Apr-2010
  • / Police Procedural
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  Robert Chow - 1
  

  An epic of New York Chinatown noir in the vein of George Pelecanos and Richard Price, this is the riveting sequel to the highly acclaimedThis Is a Bust It's a hot summer in New York's Chinatown in 1976 and Robert Chow, the Chinese-American detect...

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  One Red Bastard
  

  • Apr-2012
  • / Police Procedural
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  Robert Chow - 2
  

  It's the fall of 1976. New York's Chinatown is in turmoil over news that Mao's daughter is seeking asylum in the U.S. The series hero Robert Chow is a neighborhood detective in training, and he is thrilled when his girlfriend Lonnie scores an interv...

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  Ghost Month
  

  • Jul-2014
  • / Mystery
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  A Taipei Night Market Novel - 1
  

  Welcome to Unknown Pleasures, a food stand in Taipei's night market named after a Joy Division album, and also the location for a big-hearted new mystery set in the often undocumented Taiwan. August is Ghost Month in Taiwan -- a time to pay respec...

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  Incensed
  

  • Oct-2016
  • / Suspense
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  A Taipei Night Market Novel - 2
  

  Family secrets come to light in this dark, comedic crime caper set in Taipei during the annual Mid-Autumn Festival.  In Taiwan, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for prioritizing family. When 25-year-old Jing-nan’s gangster uncle, Big Eye, asks...

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  99 Ways to Die
  

  • Oct-2018
  • / Mystery
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  A Taipei Night Market Novel - 3
  

  In Taipei, Taiwan, the kidnapping of a Mainlander billionaire throws national media into a tizzy -- not least because of the famous victim’s vitriolic anti-immigration politics. Jing-nan has known Peggy Lee, a bullying frenemy who runs her fami...

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  David Tung Can't Have a Girlfriend Unless He Gets into an Ivy League College
  

  • Nov-2020
  • / General Fiction
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  “You’re not allowed to have a girlfriend until college,” my mother warned. “And you’d better get into an Ivy League school!”
  
  David Tung Can’t Get a Girlfriend until He Gets into an Ivy League College is the first official youn...

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  Death Doesn't Forget
  

  • Jul-2022
  • / Mystery
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  A Taipei Night Market Novel - 4
  

  Jing-nan, owner of a popular night market food stall, is framed for a string of high-profile murders -- why does it seem like he's always the one left holding the skewer? The fourth entry to Ed Lin's Taipei mystery series is as hilarious and poignant...

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