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“Lisa See begins to do for Beijing what Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did for turn-of-the-century London or Dashiell Hammett did for 1920s San Francisco: She discerns the hidden city lurking beneath the public facade.”
–The Washington Post Book World
In the depths of a Beijing winter, during the waning days of Deng Xiaoping’s reign, the U.S. ambassador’s son is found dead–his body entombed in a frozen lake....
–The Washington Post Book World
In the depths of a Beijing winter, during the waning days of Deng Xiaoping’s reign, the U.S. ambassador’s son is found dead–his body entombed in a frozen lake....
2) Dragonfire
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"The dashing playboy heir to the British throne has gone missing in the Bahamas. The young prince's devoted grandmother, the Queen, knows only one man who can be trusted to find him before his kidnappers make good on their deadly threats. Lord Alexander Hawke, dashing British gentleman spy and MI6 legend, will risk all to save the young royal in this breathtaking new adventure from New York Times bestselling novelist Ted Bell. December 8, 1941, Washington,...
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Victor Li novels volume 1
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A fresh, smart, and fast-paced revenge thriller about a college basketball player who discovers shocking truths about his family in the wake of his father's murder. Victor Li is devastated by his father's murder, and shocked by a confessional letter he finds among his father's things. In it, his father admits that he was never just a restaurateur, in fact he was part of a vast international crime syndicate that formed during China's leanest communist...
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Lost decades of Uncle Chow Tung volume 2
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"1980, a pivotal year in modern Chinese history as Premier Deng Xiaoping begins what he intends to be the transformation of China into an economic superpower. The most visible evidence of Deng's policy is the creation of Special Economic Zones, and one has been set up in Shenzhen, next door to Hong Kong and on Fanling's doorstep. Among triad leaders, Uncle is the only one who recognizes that Deng's intentions could have profound repercussions on their...
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