The Arches of Gerrard Street

‘The Arches of Gerrard Street reconfigures the tropes of the thriller to deliver a stinging commentary on the chilling trade at the book’s heart. Chia side-steps your narrative expectations and surprises you with tender affirmations of her characters’ humanity.’
-Barrie Sherwood, author of Speed of Lightness
 
MURDER. MIGRANTS. MAFIA.
A small-town girl from Malaysia goes to London’s Chinatown to uncover the truth behind the tragedy that befell her childhood sweetheart.
The shooting of Molly’s childhood friend in London’s Chinatown has led her from Batu Pahat in Malaysia to the British capital to find answers. Who murdered him?  And why? She soon becomes embroiled in a web of deceit spun in an immigrant enclave shrouded in secrecy as her past catches up on her. The Arches of Gerrard Street is a coming-of-age novel about a young girl from a small town thrust into a big city finding her way back to herself.