{"product_id":"the-dead-cant-make-a-living-9781641297240","title":"The Dead Can't Make a Living","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A unique blend of tension, charm, tragedy, and optimism, with characters you'll love and a setting so real you'll think you've been there. Highly recommended.\"--Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEd Lin's big-hearted, eye-opening fifth installment in the fan-favorite Taipei Night Market series \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJing-nan, the owner of the most popular food stand in Taipei's world-famous Shilin night market, is hauling trash after a successful evening of hawking Taiwanese delicacies to tourists when he finds a corpse propped up against the dumpsters. The dead man turns out to be Juan Ramos, a Philippine national who came to Taiwan for a job at a massive ZHD food processing plant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJing-nan is haunted by Ramos's story, and by the heartbreak of his family, who arrive in Taipei looking for answers. ZHD has a history of safety violations, and activists have a hunch Ramos's death might be part of a cover-up. Meanwhile, Jingnan's gangster uncle, Big Eye, has his own mysterious, probably illegal, reasons for being concerned about what's going on in ZHD. He pressures Jing-nan into a daring and risky mission: going undercover as a migrant laborer to get a job at the food processing plant and reporting back about the conditions inside. Jing-nan hopes to find out the truth for the Ramos family, and to save other immigrant lives--but first he has to survive the spy operation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis rollicking crime novel is a scorching, timely examination of our global dependence on undocumented immigrants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed Lin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soho Crime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641297240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/13\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEd Lin\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist by training and an all-around stand-up kinda guy. He's the author of four other novels in the Taipei Night Market series: \u003ci\u003eGhost Month\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIncensed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e99 Ways to Die\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDeath Doesn't Forget\u003c\/i\u003e as well as five other novels. Lin, who is of Chinese and Taiwanese descent, is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards. He lives in New York with his wife, actress Cindy Cheung, and son.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Ed Lin \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47834219020445,"sku":"9781641297240","price":47.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_789b72d2-520c-4813-832f-8a156903a2a7.jpg?v=1776146659","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-dead-cant-make-a-living-9781641297240","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}