In 1930s colonial Malaya, eleven-year-old houseboy Ren has a single mission: to find his late master’s missing finger and bury it with his body within forty-nine days — or risk his soul wandering forever. Meanwhile, Ji Lin, an apprentice dressmaker moonlighting as a dance-hall girl, stumbles upon a severed finger in a vial, setting her on a collision course with Ren’s strange quest.

As their fates intertwine, whispers of weretigers, restless spirits, and forbidden love stir in the tropical heat. Shadows blur between the living and the dead, superstition and truth, desire and duty.

Lyrical, lush, and full of mystery, The Night Tiger is a spellbinding novel about fate, honor, and the secrets that live inside us all. Yangsze Choo masterfully blends folklore and historical fiction into an unforgettable tale of love and transformation beneath the Malayan moonlight.