Incensed

Name: Incensed
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Ed Lin
ISBN: 9781501932229

Author: Ed Lin

Series: Taipei Night Market #2

Narrator: Ewan Chung

Unabridged: 8 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/04/2016

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, International Crime & Mystery, Crime

Synopsis

In Taiwan, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for prioritizing family. When 25-year-old Jing-nan's gangster uncle, Big Eye, asks a favor, Jing-nan can't exactly say no, especially because two goons are going to follow him around to make sure he gets it done right. The favor is this: Big Eye's 16-year-old daughter, Mei-ling, has a biker boyfriend from the wrong side of the tracks-in Big Eye's gangster opinion-and Big Eye wants Jing-nan to bring her to Taipei, away from the bad influences, and straighten her out. It doesn't take Jing-nan long to discover Mei-ling is even more trouble than the average bratty, rebellious teenager. She's been spoiled rotten and doesn't know how to take no for an answer. She has her father's thugs wrapped around her finger and quickly becomes the miniature dictator of Jing-nan's life. But Mei-ling is also hiding a secret-one that puts her in harm's way. If Jing-nan wants to save his cousin from her own demons, he has to figure out the truth, even if it tears his family apart-again.

About Ed Lin

Ed Lin is a journalist by training and the author of the Taipei Night Market series: Ghost Month, Incensed, and 99 Ways to Die; his literary debut, Waylaid; and the Robert Chow crime series set in 1970s Manhattan Chinatown. He is of Taiwanese and Chinese descent and is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sunny

Wild......more

Goodreads review by Justine

The Goodreads star system confuses me. I know a 5 means the reading experience must have been outstanding; a 1 – well, would I even have finished that book? It’s the three in between that never feel quite right. In some ways, Ed Lin’s rather crime-light novel, set in Taiwan, ought to be given a 3. Th......more

Goodreads review by Viva

I'm giving this book 2 stars as a neutral rating = it was OK. First of all, I note that this is supposed to be a humorous book and humor is notoriously hard to get right. A lot of authors try it but you either get it right or you look like you're trying too hard to be funny. And most authors don't ge......more

Goodreads review by Grisette

Sep 2024 note: Yet another instance where GR bot deletes/merges editions without warning and this book gets brutally removed from my shelves so that it now appears as if I just added it. *In fine*, I know it doesn't matter, but I still hate it 🤬🤬🤬 ♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤ 2 stars I was wrong. The narrative style......more

Goodreads review by Damon

The sophomore entry in the Taipei Night Market series falls short of the original for several reasons. On the positive side, Ed Lin gives his protagonist a great voice, making his dialogue fun to read. The setting and his descriptions of various places in Taiwan are solid as well. The downside to th......more