Hurricane York: The scent of a dead muse stirs a storm as empire falls

1995. Hong Kong stands on the brink of handover.

When a British barrister and his young Russian companion are found murdered overseas, the case is quickly buried—until Daniel Sagar, a British expatriate on a fast-track management program, begins to unravel the truth behind their deaths.

Drawn by a series of dark coincidences—zemblanities—Daniel finds himself entangled in a conspiracy reaching deep into the city's colonial heart.

With the help of his elusive flatmate and a growing list of coded...