Beautiful Ghosts Book

Beautiful Ghosts is the fourth novel in Eliot Pattison's fascinating series featuring former Beijing detective inspector Shan Tao Yun. Among its key ingredients are a murder in a ruined monastery, an FBI agent on the trail of stolen art, a British relief worker, an American billionaire in cahoots with a Chinese minister and a beautiful woman with a dual heritage. Released unofficially from a work camp in Tibet and now living with the forbidden lamas he has sworn to protect from Chinese efforts to eradicate them, the enigmatic inspector is caught in a web of political intrigue between the Chinese official who arranged his release and the pompous and corrupt Minister of Culture; the latter will stop at nothing, including murder, to possess the ancient treasure believed to be hidden in the monastery. Shan becomes more complex and multidimensional as he faces new challenges in this adventure, including repairing his relationship with his long-missing son. The action and the central character move from the mountains and provincial capitals of Tibet to Beijing and even America. Readers discovering Pattison for the first time will want to read his backlist, especially the Edgar Award-winning The Skull Mantra. --Jane Adams, Amazon.comRead More