A short story collection about the loneliness and hope of people caught in crime and loss. It traces the ordinary lives left in the wake of violence with a restrained, lucid style.

The silences of wounded people rise in slightly different shapes from story to story.

A Holmes pastiche set in late-Qing Hong Kong, where the braided-hair detective Fu Er solves difficult cases. It combines the texture of historical fiction with the drive of a classic mystery.

Starting from the premise of Holmes in Hong Kong rather than London, the book brings a different detective figure to life.