BEFORE WE WERE MONSTERS
by Katniss Hsiao
Description
PERFUME meets SILENCE OF THE LAMB in contemporary Taipei, with a touch of Mariana Enriquez. A dark, searing, astonishingly confident debut that announces the arrival of a major crime writer.
Eve is a young and quiet crime scene cleaner. A former "super smeller", she lost her sense of smell after a tragic incident, only to have it come alive at scenes of death and decomposition. One night, she is tasked to cleaning up a suicide, not knowing it was a murder scene. With all trace evidence gone, she becomes the police’s No. 1 suspect. Even begins a desperate quest to clear her name, following the elusive scent left by the murderer, even enlisting the help of notorious serial killer/artist, Triple C, to understand the inner workings of a psychopathic mind. To hunt the monster, she must become a monster herself.
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Eksmo (Russia)
Kobiece (Poland)
Nha Nam (Vietnam)
Suhrkamp (Germany)
Offer (Thailand)
TV rights optioned by Outland Film
Author Biography
Katniss Hsiao is a young novelist and screenwriter. She has a BA in History from National Taiwan University. A lifelong reader of crime fiction and film buff, Katniss currently works for a film production company. BEFORE WE WERE MONSTER is her debut novel.
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- Publisher Ink
- Orginal LanguageChinese complex
- ISBN/Identifier 9789863875772
- Publication Country or regionTaiwan
- FormatPaperback
- Pages383
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleChinese Complex
- Copyright Year2022