We are pleased to announce that our book A Death in Hong Kong: The MacLennan Case of 1980 and the Suppression of a Scandal has received an overwhelmingly positive response from readers as well as various media channels. The book was published in March 2018 and was the winner of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong History Book Prize. It details the story of John MacLennan and highlights the social unrest, corruption, and scandals in Hong Kong in the 1980s before homosexuality was decriminalized. This book not only explains the mysterious circumstances surrounding MacLennan’s death but also provides a historical record of old Hong Kong and the darker side of Hong Kong society at that time.

Earlier this month the book was nominated by the Asia Times in its “Great reads for the New Year” and also by The Commercial Press Hong Kong in its “Recommended Reading List”. If you haven’t gotten your hands on a copy of this highly acclaimed book, now is the time!

Purchase Now: https://goo.gl/dQYUNh

Please take this opportunity to preview all the book reviews and interviews with the author of A Death in Hong Kong, Nigel Collett: 

Book Reviews

Kate Whitehead, South China Morning Post (15 January 2018) and Singapore Straits Times (14 January 2018)

https://cdn4.i-scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2127818/gay-hong-kong-policemans-1980-gun-death-unanswered-questions-remain

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/gay-hong-kong-policeman-1980-224714124.html

Martin Hannan, National (Scotland) (16 January 2018)

https://www.thenational.scot/news/15829533.book-explains-how-scottish-policemans-murder-in-hong-kong-was-suppressed/

Kate Whitehead, South China Morning Post (18 February 2018)

https://www.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2133521/death-hong-kong-review-gay-policeman-john-maclennan-can-finally-be-put

Dallas Sanders, Green Tea Post (23 March 2018)

http://greenteapost.com/hot-takes/a-death-in-hong-kong/

Walter de Havilland blog (28 March 2018)

https://www.walterdehavilland.com/walters-blog/a-death-in-hong-kong-book-review

Saikung Buzz (July 15, 2018)

https://saikungbuzzblog.wordpress.com/2018/07/15/new-book-on-maclennan-suicide-shocks-with-portrait-of-paedophilia-in-hong-kongs-highest-ranks/

Christopher Munn, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong (21 September 2018)

https://issuu.com/cityupress/docs/b5-christopher_munn2_ras_journal

Goodreads

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38900027-a-death-in-hong-kong

Jeff Pao, Asia Times (1 January 2019)

http://www.atimes.com/article/great-reads-for-the-new-year/

Interviews

The Tongzhi Literary Group (23 June 2016)

http://www.tlghk.org/interviews/a-death-in-hong-kong

Phil Whelan, Morning Brew, RTHK Radio 4 (12 March 2018)

http://www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3/programme/morning_brew/episode/491914?lang=en

Dimsum Magazine (22 March 2018)

http://www.dimsum-hk.com/a-death-in-hong-kong

Sarah Karacs, Zolima City Magazine (20 June 2018)

https://zolimacitymag.com/corruption-homophobia-and-a-death-in-hong-kong/

Melanie Ho, China Daily (20 July 2018)

https://www.chinadailyhk.com/epaper/pubs//chinadaily/2018/07/20/09.pdf