These Violent Delights John A. Day We didn't mean to hold

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By the award-winning author of The TwinOn a hot summer’s day in June 1969 everyone in the village gathered to welcome Queen Juliana

These Violent Delights John A. Day We didn't mean to holdPerfect for fans of The Last Magician and Descendant of the Crane, this heart stopping debut is an imaginative Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai, with rival gangs and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu River. The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen year old Juliette Cai, a