Red Roulette
By Desmond Shum

THE BOOK CHINA DOESN'T WANT YOU TO READ' CNN'READS LIKE A THRILLER'and FINANCIAL TIMES, BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2021In the headline-making and bestselling tradition of Bill Browder'sand Red Noticeand comes aand unique and incendiary memoir from an entrepreneur who rose to the zenith of power and money in 21stand century China and whose wife was disappeared - and then mysteriously reappeared four years later on the eve ofand Red Roulette'sand publication and global media coverage about it.As Desmond Shum was growing up impoverished in China, he vowed his life would be different.and Through hard work and sheer tenacity, he earned an American college degree and returned to his native country to establish himself in business. There, he met his future wife, the highly intelligent and equally ambitious Whitney Duan who was determined to make her mark within China's male-dominated society. Whitney and Desmond formed an effective team and, aided by relationships they formed withand top members of China's Communist Party, the so-calledand Red Aristocracy, he vaulted intoand China's billionaire class.Soon they were developing the massive air cargo facility at Beijing International Airport, and they followed that feat with the creation of one of Beijing's premier hotels. They were dazzlingly successful, travelling in private jets, funding multi-million-dollar buildings and endowments, and purchasing expensive homes, vehicles and art.and But in 2017, their fates diverged irrevocably when Desmond, while living overseas with his son, learned that his now ex-wife Whitney had vanished along with three co-workers.Inand Red Rouletteand Desmond Shum pulls back the curtain on China's ruling elite and reveals the real truth of what is happening inside China's wealth-making machine. This is both Desmond's story and Whitney's, because she has not been able to tell it herself.