They say a tiger that devours too many humans can take the form of a man and walk among us… In their journey to keep a promise and discover the truth, Ren and Ji Lin’s paths will cross, in ways they will never forget. One night, Ji Lin’s dance partner leaves her with a gruesome souvenir, that leads her on a dark trail.Īs time runs out for Ren, a series of unexplained deaths occur and rumours of tigers who turn into men. Ji Lin, an apprentice dressmaker, moonlights as a dancehall girl to pay her mother’s debts. Ren has forty-nine days, or else his master’s soul will roam the earth forever. Sent as a bequest from an old friend, young Ren has a secret mission: to find his dead master’s severed finger and reunite it with his body. In 1930’s colonial Malaya, a dissolute British doctor receives a surprise gift of an eleven-year-old houseboy. Title: The Night Tiger Author: Yangsze Choo Genre: Historical fiction Date of publication: February 2019 Material source: Library hardback book My rating: 5/5 □ About the book: From the inside cover:
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