Jan-Philipp Sendker, born in Hamburg in 1960, was the American correspondent for
Stern from 1990 to 1995, and its Asian correspondent from 1995 to 1999. He has travelled extensively in China and Burma and has an in-depth knowledge of the people and culture. In 2000 he published
Cracks in the Great Wall, a non-fiction book about China. Global bestseller
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats was his first novel.
During a trip to China, Paul and Christine experience the nightmare of every parent: their four year old son is threatened with kidnap. The only safe place for the family is the US embassy in Beijing, but they are two thousand miles away, with the police searching frantically for...
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