WHISPERING SHADOWS

New York: 37 Ink/Atria Books, 2015. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The first novel in Sendker's Rising Dragon crime-thriller series features Paul Leibovitz, a German-American expat and journalist, who, after the death of his son from cancer and and the break-up of his marriage, has exiled himself to a small island near Hong Kong. He is asked by an American woman for help finding her son who has disappeared on the Chinese mainland. Leibovitz agrees to help and is soon deep in the Shenzhen underworld, uncovering secrets related to vestiges of the Cultural Revolution hidden beneath China's booming economy and discovering those secrets are murderously dangerous. First U.S. edition, first printing (as stated, with complete numberline). Originally published in German in 2007; English translation by Christine Lo in 2015. About 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, 337 pages in red paper-covered boards with black backstrip and silver lettering on spine. Dustjacket's front panel shows graphic design in red against a black background with white and red lettering. Back panel contains three blurbs praising book; small photo of author on back flap. Boards and text are without noticeable flaw or damage -- complete, clean and unmarked. Binding tight and square. Not ex-library, not remaindered. Dustjacket's condition is also near perfect -- no tears, chipping or creasing. Not price-clipped. A collectable copy of the first volume in the trilogy.