Shanghaied Eric Stone | ISBN : 1-60648-031-6

Shanghaied

Author: Eric Stone

Publisher: Bleak House Books, Incorporated

Publication Date: 20 July, 2009

ISBN: 9781606480311

Pages: 320

Subjects: Mystery, Thrillers

Available as: , Trade Cloth, 978-1-60648-030-4 Trade Paper, 978-1-60648-031-1 E-Book - EPUB, 978-0-9832420-4-8 E-Book - EPUB, 978-0-9832420-9-3

Description:

Hong Kongs been handed back to the Chinese. Ray Sharps whole world is changing. Carnivorous Tibetan monks are worried about what a Chinese bank is doing with their money. A murderous, sociopathic veteran of the U.S. invasion of Grenada, along with his twin kung-fu bodyguards, Floss and Betty, muddy the waters. Adding to it all is a painful dumpling accident, drugs, sex and rock and roll; along with the usual coterie of business moguls, hookers, friends and foes. And the return of Rays Chinese-Mexican colleague and pal, the diminutive Ms. Wen Lei Yue.

PW Publishers Weekly

Review Source: Publishers Weekly

Review Date: 2009-06-01

Set soon after the 1997 Chinese takeover of Hong Kong, Stone's fourth novel to feature PI Ray Sharp (after 2008's Flight of the Hornbill) may dismay series fans with the apparent demise of an important character. A group of monks hire Sharp to look into the operations of BC, a multinational bank headquartered in Shanghai to which their financial adviser has moved their account, because BC is rumored to engage in sweetheart loans and creative accounting. After starting a due diligence investigation to assess the safety of the monks' millions, Sharp learns that BC hasn't enough cash to honor clients' checks-and it's been laundering money for Chinese criminals. The trail leads him to Homer Bellevue, a wheelchair-bound veteran of the Grenada invasion, who has bodyguards straight out of a bad Bond film, twin sisters named Floss and Betty. Ray's Chinese-Mexican pal, Wen Lei Yue, lends support. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved