Innocent or guilty. It's all a matter of interpretation... A childhood spent moving around the world left Revelle Lee with an unusual gift - the ability to fluently speak 11 languages. Now, Revelle spends her days translating for witnesses, victims, and the accused across London crime scenes and co
The Interpreter
β Scribed by Kim, Suki
- Book ID
- 108607721
- Publisher
- Picador
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 160 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0312422245
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β¦ Synopsis
Suzy Park is a twenty-nine-year-old Korean American interpreter for the New York City court system who makes a startling and ominous discovery about her family history that will send her on a chilling quest. Five years prior, her parents--hardworking greengrocers who forfeited personal happiness for their children's gain--were brutally murdered in an apparent robbery of their store. But the glint of a new lead entices Suzy into the dangerous Korean underworld, and ultimately reveals the mystery of her parentsοΏ½ homicide.
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