Mike Sharp, an ex-Hong Kong Police Chief Inspector, is a lifelong angler with fishing experience in the UK, Kenya, Cyprus, Thailand and Bali. He lives in Hong Kong.
John Peters, a UK match fisherman, Kenyan fishing guide and travelled angler, lives near London, England.
Lizzie Sharp-Eliazar is an educator, illustrator and photographer. She lives in Hong Kong.
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Kowloon West, Hong Kong 1992. The police are facing a heavily armed criminal fraternity on the streets of Yau Tsim and Mong Kok. Newly recruited British inspectors continue to be posted to the most active areas of the Territory by a senior management previously scarred by the rampant corruption of the 1970s. Yau Ma Tei Police Station is no exception, managed predominantly by British inspectors who are expected to settle in, learn their command and assimilate into the local Chinese culture and its criminal activity. Mike Sharp introduces the reader to an extraordinary way of life through the eyes of Inspector Graham Brooke, who has departed an unpromising life in merchant banking and is doing his best to handle the everyday challenges of policing a local population who may or may not want to be policed by an Englishman or indeed any other characters sent from the departing colonial power. -
with John Peters and Lizzie Sharp-Eliazar
Did you leave your fishing rods at home before relocating to Hong Kong, unaware that such a densely populated place could support recreational fishing?
Mike Sharp and John Peters walk you through the local angling spots and describe key tactics normally known only by Hong Kong anglers. Carp fishing, pier fishing, and trolling for game fish are just some of the topics covered in a warm, descriptive text beautifully illustrated by Lizzie Sharp-Eliazar.
Whether you live in a skyscraper or a village, this book will encourage you to get out onto the territory's beautiful waters or rocky shore and cast a line―in the hope that the next one will be the one that didn't get away.
Look inside this book
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