Bright Lights and White Nights

Struggling with the daily torture of call-centre work, Troy’s mid-twenties disillusion hits its lowest ebb when his girlfriend reveals that she has been sleeping with her driving instructor. Something has to change. Troy exchanges Leeds for the bright lights of Hong Kong where he finds a flat in the infamous Wan Chai district and hopes to rekindle his dwindling enthusiasm for life. After finding a job teaching English to adults and befriending some colourful characters, it seems that moving east was an inspired decision. However, following a chance meeting with Sophie, a beautiful girl from his past, things takes a disastrous turn and Troy inadvertently becomes embroiled in a debauched adventure involving the players and oddballs of Hong Kong’s cocaine underworld – and a police informant against his will. In his debut novel, Andrew Carter serves up a well-crafted cautionary tale that penetrates Hong Kong’s glitzy surface and explores a darker side of expat life. - Peter Gregoire, prize-winning author of best-selling thrillers, Article 109 and The Devil You Know.