China Trade, S. J. Rozan
China Trade, S. J. Rozan
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China Trade

Author: S. J. Rozan

Narrator: Christine Marshall

Unabridged: 9 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/01/2007

Synopsis

Asian-American private investigator Lydia Chin knows New York City’s Chinatown, its people, and its ways as no outsider ever could. It’s a city within a city, a rich melange of smells, sounds, dark shops, and close-knit families—a world all its own. And in all of Chinatown, there is no one like Lydia, who has a nose for trouble, a disapproving Chinese mother, and a partner named Bill Smith who’s been living above a bar for sixteen years. Hired to find some precious stolen porcelain, Lydia follows a trail of clues from highbrow art dealers into a world of Chinese gangs. Suddenly, this case has become as complex as her community itself—and as deadly as a killer on the loose.

About S. J. Rozan

S. J. Rozan is the author of the popular Lydia Chin and Bill Smith mystery series, as well as several stand-alone novels and novellas. She has won multiple awards for her fiction, including the Edgar, Shamus, Anthony, Nero, and Macavity awards, the Japanese Maltese Falcon, and the Private Eye Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award.

About Christine Marshall

Christine Marshall is an actress, director, and designer living in Portland, Maine. She teaches for the Maine State Ballet and produces plays with her theater company, Mad Horse. In addition to audiobooks, she records the online version of the New Yorker.

Reviews

Goodreads review by "Avonna on April 03, 2016

China Trade (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #1) by S.J. Rozan is a great start to a new-to-me P.I. mystery series. I met Ms. Rozan for the first time at a day long mystery writers and readers conference and had to read these books. The book was very well written and as interesting as the author herself. P.......more

Goodreads review by Elisabeth on March 05, 2013

This one surprised the heck out of me. I got it as an e-book, either free or silly cheap based on a recommendation by Laurie R. King. I finally opened it on the plane the other day. I couldn't put it down. It's a good mystery, nice and twisty, with well-drawn likeable and believable characters. It's w......more

Goodreads review by Hallie on December 29, 2014

I was sufficiently hooked by this to start collecting copies of a bunch more in the series, though looking back makes it apparent how much better - more complex and interesting - the mysteries become. Still, the setting (New York's Chinatown, mostly) was great and Lydia and Bill grabbed my interest......more

Quotes

“Rozan shows a knack for characterizing Chinatown’s denizens, apothecaries, shops, and food.” Publishers Weekly

“Rozan’s Chinatown setting has the ring of authenticity, and Lydia is a true original. A very promising start to what shapes up as a top-flight series.” Booklist

“Lydia’s implacable Chinese mother is alone worth the price of admission.” AudioFile

“Rozan’s fast-moving first novel presents her Asian-American cast and their world with a delicacy that goes far beyond local color.”  Kirkus Reviews

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