"Left alone after her mother's death and father's brutal assassination, Sparrow is forced into prostitution in Nanjing, China. She spends her nights in the company of men who hurt her to make themselves feel strong. She isn't resigned to her fate. As these men play their sick games, Sparrow contemplates images from her past, including her father's brutalized corpse. Now she visualizes the future - and sees the corpses of her enemies. The tale of love and greed, lust and murder unfolds across a global landscape. Filled with ingenious and high level corruption, 'Justified Deception' is an international crime thriller about a woman who flips the script on her abusers. Sparrow is determined to make the world feel her pain. Freedom is not enough. She lost everything, so now she will take everything."--Page 4 of cover