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During the Second World War, Shanghai was an open city, providing safe haven for thousands of Jewish refugees. Now, over sixty years later, excavation has unearthed a cache of jewellery belonging to one such refugee - Rosalie Gilder. However, before her descendents can be traced,... the jewels are stolen by a Chinese official who flees New York.
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'You want your girlfriend to live. Then find her. It's a game. You find her, she lives. You don't, she dies...' The phone call comes from out of the blue. A robotic voice in the early morning hours informs Bill Smith that he is holding Lydia Chin, his friend and sometime partner,... hostage.
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By Rozan, S. J.
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The death of a powerful Chinatown crime boss thrusts private eye Lydia Chin and her partner Bill Smith into a world of double-dealing, subterfuge, murder, and--because this is New York City--real estate in this new mystery by Edgar Award-winning novelist S. J. Rozan. The death of... Chinatown's most powerful mogul, a powerful Chinatown crime boss, thrusts private eye Lydia Chin and her partner Bill Smith into a world of double-dealing, murder, and real estate scandal in this new mystery by the award winning novelist S. J. Rozan. Choi has left the Tong headquarters building to his niece, who hires Lydia and her partner, Bill Smith, to accompany her to inspect it. The building is at the center of a tug-of-war between Chinatown preservation interests--including Lydia's brother Tim--and a real estate developer who's desperate to get his hands on it. When Lydia, Bill, and Choi's niece go to the building, they discover the Tong members are equally divided on the question of whether the niece should hold onto the building, or sell it--and make them rich. Entering Choi's private living quarters they find the murdered body of Choi's chief lieutenant. The battle for the building has begun. Can Lydia and Bill escape being caught in the crossfire?
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Jimmy Antonelli is in a whole lot of trouble. In and out of prison since he was a teen, he can usually rely on his big brother, Tony, to bail him out. But this time he's gone too far. There's a body of a local hoodlum in the cellar of Tony's bar and Jimmy has disappeared... Lucki...ly, help is at hand in the form of New York PI Bill Smith.
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Rozan, a lifelong New Yorker, gathers together these eclectic, mysterious stories about this most famous of boroughs. Contributing authors include Thomas Adcock, Terrence Cheng, Sandra Kitt, and others.
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Lydia Chin is called in on what appears to be a simple case. Jeff Dunbar, art world insider, wants her to track down a rumour. Contemporary Chinese painting is sizzling hot on the art scene and no one is hotter than Chau Chun, known as the Ghost Hero.
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Private detective Bill Smith is hurtled headlong into the most provocative-and personal-case of his career when he receives a late night telephone call from the NYPD. They're holding his fifteen-year-old nephew Gary. But before he can find out what's going on, Gary escapes Bill's... custody and disappears into the dark and unfamiliar streets...
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The latest Lydia Chin/Bill Smith mystery takes the acclaimed detective duo into the Deep South to investigate a murder within the Chinese community.
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Joyce Carol Oates and other illustrious writers explore Jersey noir.
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