This fast moving story takes place over a couple of days in and around Leeds, England.  Two parallel stories intertwine and collide.  Inspector Jian, a rough and ready, old school Chinese policeman has come to England to find his daughter, a rebellious college student, who has left him an alarming message.  Fearing the worst, Jian is trying to track her down.  Seemingly impervious to his total lack of English language schools, he pushes, cajoles, bullies, or threatens anyone who might help him on his quest.  At the same time, Ding Ming is a newly arrived illegal immigrant with his wife, Little Ye.  He doesn't realize how horribly he is being exploited, and what "services" the smugglers have in mind for Little Ye and the other young women.  Ming and Jian's stories come together like a bad car crash, halfway through the book.  Then, they go careening around as Jian forces Ming, who has passable English skills, to help him out on his search for his daughter.  The twists and turns of the road they drive on match the twist and turns of the plot.  Simon Lewis keeps you on the seat of your pants, trying to guess what the next complication will be, and who will die this time.