Search Results: Returned 15 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 15
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2006., Adult, St. Martin's Minotaur Call No: MYS Fic Xia Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Inspector Chen mysteries Volume: bk. 4Summary Note: A Shanghai police inspector struggles against the establishment in his investigation of an important but corrupt businessman. The fourth Inspector Chen Cao mystery.
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2012., Minotaur Books Call No: MYS Fic Xia Edition: ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In Don't Cry, Tai Lake by Qiu Xiaolong, Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is offered a bit of luxury by friends and supporters within the Party a week's vacation at a luxurious resort near Lake Tai, a week where he can relax, and recover, undisturbed by outside demands or disruptions. Unfortunately, the once beautiful Lake Tai, renowned for its clear waters, is now covered by fetid algae, its waters polluted by toxic runoff from local manufacturing plants. Then the director of one of the manufacturing plants responsible for the pollution is murdered and the leader of the local ecological group is the primary suspect of the local police. Now Inspector Chen must tread carefully if he is to uncover the truth behind the brutal murder and find a measure of justice for both the victim and the accused.
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2013., St. Martin's Minotaur Call No: MYS Fic Xia Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: An Inspector Chen novel.Summary Note: In line for the top politic position of the Shanghai Police Department, Chief Inspector Chen Cao is drawn into the investigation of a major party member's son, whose suspicious suicide in the face of corruption charges forces Chen to make a difficult choice.
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2018., Quercus Call No: SC MYS Fic May Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The China ThrillersSummary Note: When a mass grave containing eighteen mutilated female corpses is discovered in Shanghai, detective Li Yan is sent from Beijing to establish if the bodies are linked to an unsolved murder in the capital. Here, Li will be working with Mei Ling, deputy head of Shanghai's serious crime squad. Mei Ling is a formidable woman: a fact that is not lost on Li's on-again, off-again lover, forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell. But when Campbell, vulnerable and still grieving the death of her father, learns that the victims were subjected to "live" autopsies, she swallows her pride and joins Li Yan and Mei Ling in the hunt for the murderer. As Li, Campbell, and Mei Ling enter the arena of a sickening nemesis they are forced to confront each of their very worst nightmares.
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2002., Soho Press Call No: MYS Fic Xia Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Assigned to help the wife of an important witness to reach the United States safely, U.S. marshal Catharine Rohn learns that the woman has vanished, while inspector Chen reluctantly assumes the task of saving face.
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2010., Minotaur Books Call No: MYS Fic Xia Edition: 1st Minotaur Books pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Inspector Chen investigates a young woman, the granddaughter of an actress who was once close to Mao, who may be in possession of an object that would bring dishonor to the Chairman's memory.
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2019. Click to access digital title. Series Title: Ava Lee, Volume: 12Summary Note: In the latest installment of the Ava Lee novels, Ava becomes embroiled in a violent war between feuding gangs vying for control of the Wanchai territory in Hong Kong. Ava is in Shanghai visiting her ailing friend, the Mountain Master Xu, when a triad war breaks out in Hong Kong. Sammy Wing, an old enemy of Ava's who has twice tried to kill her, has enlisted the aid of his nephew Carter — the new Mountain Master of Sha Tin — to reclaim control of his old territory, Wanchai, from Xu's men. There is nothing subtle about the Wings' methods. Xu's most trusted enforcer, Lop, has been shot, and six of his street soldiers kidnapped. The Wings threaten to execute them unless Xu's men vacate Wanchai immediately. Ava steps in to broker a settlement, and the Wings respond by sending her a box containing six fingers — and a twelve-hour deadline. As the violence and tension mount, Ava is driven to the edge, and she is forced to devise a plan that will bring her face-to-face with Sammy and Carter Wing. The only question is who will pull the trigger first?
![The mountain master of Sha Tin [eBook]](/Library/images/~imageCT102948.JPG "The mountain master of Sha Tin [eBook]")
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2019., Spiderline, an imprint of House of Anansi Press Call No: MYS Fic Ham Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Ava Lee Volume: 12Summary Note: "Ava is in Shanghai with Pang Fai to visit her ailing friend Xu when a triad war breaks out in Hong Kong. Sammy Wing, an old enemy of Ava's who has twice tried to kill her, has enlisted the aid of his nephew Carter - the new Mountain Master of Sha Tin - to reclaim control of his old territory, Wanchai, from Xu's men.There is nothing subtle about the Wings' methods. Xu's most trusted enforcer, Lop, has been shot, and six of his street soldiers kidnapped. The Wings threaten to execute them unless Xu's men vacate Wanchai immediately. Ava steps in to broker a settlement, and the Wings respond by sending her a box containing six fingers - and a twelve-hour deadline.As the violence and tension mount, Ava is driven to the edge, and she is forced to devise a plan that will bring her face-to-face with Sammy and Carter Wing. The only question left unanswered is who will pull the trigger first?"--Publisher description.
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Ã2015., Adult, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Call No: Fic Kal Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Shanghai trilogy Volume: 3Summary Note: It's 1944 and the Japanese are losing the war, but Shanghai is more dangerous than ever, particularly for the Adler family. After fleeing Nazi Europe, Dr. Franz Adler and his teenage daughter, Hannah, have adjusted to life in their strange adopted city, but they are now imprisoned in the Shanghai Ghetto for refugee Jews. Franz is compelled to work as a surgeon for the hated Japanese military, while struggling to keep the city's woefully undersupplied refugee hospital functioning. Meanwhile, his beloved Eurasian wife, fellow surgeon Sunny, delivers a baby boy born to a neighborhood teenager who wants nothing to do with the child; Sunny is determined to raise him as her own. When an enigmatic priest arrives at the hospital with an injured man who turns out be a downed American pilot, Sunny is recruited into a spy ring, providing crucial information to the Allies about the city's port. Inadvertently, Hannah is drawn into the perilous operation, just as she becomes drawn to the controversial movement of Zionism and a Jewish homeland in Palestine. When the Japanese launch a major new offensive against the Chinese, Franz is forced to do the unthinkable: he is sent inland to work as a field doctor on the frontlines. There, he must contend with his tangled loyalties, aerial bombings overhead, and his uncertain feelings for a vulnerable Canadian nurse. In 1945, American B-52s begin bombing Shanghai in strategic raids, putting thousands of Chinese citizens and refugees in grave danger. While the war seems to be winding down in the Far East, many questions remain unanswered for the Adlers. As the bombers circle ominously overhead, they must now struggle for more than simple safety. For the first time in many war-riven years, they now face the challenge of re-envisioning their lives, and the prospect of forging a hopeful path forward for the future--if they can first survive.
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2016., House of Anansi Press Inc Edition: eBook ed. Series Title: Ava Lee Volume: 8Summary Note: Ava is in Shanghai for the launch of the PÖ clothing line. She has invited Xu, and over the course of the glitzy event and a late-night dinner, she detects a certain hesitancy in him. He confides that the Tsai family, headed by Tsai Lian, the governor of Jiangsu Province and a princeling· ? he is the son of a general who was on the Long March with Mao and a member of China§s power elite ? is trying to force him and his Triad organization back into the drug business. Xu is already paying millions of dollars a year to various Tsai businesses, but the family wants more and thinks the new venture can deliver it. Xu believes this move would lead to his eventual destruction and feels he has nowhere to turn. If he opposes them, they will crush him. If he goes along with them, he thinks that inevitably the police and military will hunt him down.Ava sets out to help Xu deter the Tsai family. As she digs into the breadth and depth of the family§s wealth and corruption, she gets caught up in a huge tangled web, extending all the way to the U.S. and the U.K., where it reaches the top echelons of political power.
![The princeling of Nanjing [eBook]](/Library/images/~imageCT80954.JPG "The princeling of Nanjing [eBook]")
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-- AmazementBy Tan, Amyc2013., Adult, HarperCollins Call No: Fic Tan Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Violet is a beautiful and intelligent woman who has honed her ability to become any man's fantasy since her start as a "Virgin Courtesan" in Shanghai at the age of 12. Half-Chinese and half-American, she moves effortlessly between the east and the west.
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2013., Adult, Brilliance Audio Call No: CD Fic Tan Edition: Unabridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Violet is one of the most celebrated courtesans in Shanghai, a beautiful and intelligent woman who has honed her ability to become any man's fantasy since her start as a 'Virgin Courtesan' at the age of twelve. Half-Chinese and half-American, she moves effortlessly between the East and the West. But her talents belie her private struggle to understand who she really is and her search for a home in the world.
![The valley of amazement [CD]](/Library/images/~imageCT76193.JPG "The valley of amazement [CD]")
