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The Eye of Jade - A Mei Wang Mystery (Paperback)
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The Eye of Jade - A Mei Wang Mystery (Paperback)
Series: Mei Wang Mysteries
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Loot Price R457
Discovery Miles 4 570
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""Having her own detective agency would give her
the independence she had always longed for. It
would also give her the chance to show those people
who shunned her that she could be successful. People
were getting rich. They owned property, money,
business, and cars. With new freedom and opportunities
came new crimes. There would be much that
she could do."
"
Present day, Beijing. Mei Wang is a modern, independent woman. She
has her own apartment. She owns a car. She has her own business
with that most modern of commodities -- a male secretary. Her short
career with China's prestigious Ministry for Public Security has
given her intimate insight into the complicated and arbitrary world
of Beijing's law enforcement. But it is her intuition, curiosity,
and her uncanny knack for listening to things said -- and unsaid --
that make Mei Beijing's first successful female private
investigator.
Mei is no stranger to the dark side of China. She was six years
old when she last saw her father behind the wire fence of one of
Mao's remote labor camps. Perhaps as a result, Mei eschews the
power plays and cultural mores -- "guanxi" -- her sister and mother
live by...for better and for worse.
Mei's family friend "Uncle" Chen hires her to find a Han dynasty
jade of great value: he believes the piece was looted from the
Luoyang Museum during the Cultural Revolution -- when the Red
Guards swarmed the streets, destroying so many traces of the past
-- and that it's currently for sale on the black market. The hunt
for the eye of jade leads Mei through banquet halls and back
alleys, seedy gambling dens and cheap noodle bars near the
Forbidden City. Given the jade's provenance and its journey, Mei
knows to treat the investigation as a most delicate matter; she
cannot know, however, that this case will force her to delve not
only into China's brutal history, but also into her family's dark
secrets and into her own tragic separation from the man she loved
in equal parts.
The first novel in an exhilarating new detective series, "The Eye
of Jade" is both a thrilling mystery and a sensual and fascinating
journey through modern China.
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