{"product_id":"the-girl-with-a-thousand-faces-9780008479497","title":"The Girl with a Thousand Faces","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Bound to be an immediate classic’ – HANNAH KANER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Will tear out your heart and heal it in the same breath’ – ELIZA CHAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Richly imagined and transportive’ – OLIVIE BLAKE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A haunting story of loneliness, love and loss’ – GARETH BROWN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e** A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK **\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA haunting dark urban fantasy set in historical Hong Kong, where ancient myths and local legends combine in a story of ghosts, grief and women who will not forgive…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMercy Chan is a triad exorcist with a mysterious past. After washing up on the shores of Hong Kong with no memory during World War II, she found a home in Kowloon Walled City, an infamous, ghost-infested slum full of lost and traumatised civilians. Since the war ended, Mercy has rebuilt her life and found work as a ghost-talker for the local triad, dealing with the angry and bitter spirits who haunt this place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the past she can’t remember won’t let her go. An unusually powerful ghost lurks in Kowloon’s waterways, drowning innocents and threatening the district. Unnervingly, it claims to know Mercy – and her forgotten childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Mercy is drawn into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with this malignant spirit, she begins to realise that the monster she fights within these walls may well be one of her own making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Sunyi Dean\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Horror \u0026amp; ghost stories, Fantasy, Myth \u0026amp; legend told as fiction, Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 May 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sunyi Dean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320445477242,"sku":"9780008479497","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780008479497.jpg?v=1790653018","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-girl-with-a-thousand-faces-9780008479497","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}