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S.J. Rozan's reputation grows with every new installment in her lively series starring the redoubtable Lydia Chin, a twentysomething New York PI and her partner Bill Smith. Here Lydia's venerable family friend Grandfather Gao dispatches the twosome to Hong Kong to deliver a jade amulet to the grandson of Wei Yao-Shi, whose American family knew nothing of the son and heir he left in Asia. A simple assignment quickly turns into a kidnapping, as Chin and Smith make their way through the complex world of triad politics, Asian intrigue, and the smuggling of Chinese antiquities. Along the way, Rozan treats us to an insider's view of Hong Kong; if someone you know is headed in that direction, this would be a great guidebook as well as a diverting plane read. The relationship between the two protagonists has a nice subtext; there's sufficient sexual tension to spice up the narrative, but not enough to slow down the action. Rozan excels at pacing, and her characters are complex enough to linger in the reader's mind after the last page is turned. This is a standout performance from a writer who ought to break out in the bestseller ranks with this eighth in a series that keeps getting better. --Jane AdamsRead More

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    Hailed by Booklist as "a major figure in contemporary mystery fiction," Anthony and Shamus Award-winner S.J. Rozan-the only woman besides Sue Grafton to win the Shamus for Best Novel-continues to win universal acclaim for her Bill Smith/Lydia Chin series. And now the celebrated master of mystery turns her keen eye to the bustling, crowded streets of Hong Kong, where nothing is as it seems...It's a great honor when Grandfather Gao, a family friend and elder in New York's Chinatown community, asks Lydia Chin and her partner Bill Smith to go to Hong Kong to deliver the ashes of an old friend for burial, a letter from that friend to his brother, and a valuable jade figurine for the friend's seven-year-old grandson. But why would Grandfather Gao choose a PI, much less two, for such a simple mission? Lydia and Bill have even more questions when they arrive in Hong Kong and find the son's apartment ransacked-and the grandson missing. When two separate ransom demands are issued and the family tries to freeze them out, Lydia and Bill must try to solve a puzzle that seems to bear the unmistakable stamp of the Triads as they soon find themselves thrust headlong into the Hong Kong underworld where death is a way of life...AUTHORBIO: S.J. ROZAN is the author of six previous novels featuring Bill Smith and Lydia Chin. She has won both the Anthony Award for Best Novel and the Shamus Award for Best Novel (the only other woman besides Sue Grafton to win the Shamus), and has been nominated for the Edgar Award. An architect, she was born, raised, and lives in New York City.

  • 0312981341
  • 9780312981341
  • S. J. Rozan
  • 7 January 2002
  • Minotaur Books
  • Mass Market Paperback (Book)
  • 384
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