The Shanghai Moon

It's a PI novel, it's an historical novel. It's New York now and Shanghai then. It's Bill and Lydia, and that's all you need to know. Read it.......more

I actually finished this book before On the Line and forgot to save it. This is a 3 1/2. It is a powerful book, and I really enjoyed the history lesson. According to Rozan, over 22,000 refugees (many of them jews) went to Shanghai when so many other countries closed their doors. This was fascinating......more

I loved this book for much more than the mystery plot. I totally enjoyed the atmospherics of wartime Shanghai and the descriptions of the lives of those who were there at the time. Like Lydia, I kept wanting more of Rosalie's letters. By the end, the fate of The Shanghai Moon itself was almost irrel......more

Try and tried again, but just could not finish this book.......more

"Through the years that day has come back at times, unbidden, as terrible moments will. I've always thought every detail engraved on my memory so deeply that I'd never forget a single sight, a single sound. But when I look closely, to try to explain it to you, events appear jumbled and confused. Sou......more