The first time Jamie meets Jim, she is a graduate student, and he is a dashing young man embarking on a successful career in pharmaceutical research. They cultivate a mutual affection for each other while pursuing different goals in life. When Jamie meets Jim again years later, she has broken up with her long-time boyfriend, and he is having marital problems. A one-night stand in a remote hotel turns their friendship into a two-decade long love affair. When their liaison becomes too difficult to sustain, it brings a crisis to its head. The accidental death of Jim’s wife clears the way for the lovers, but instead of uniting with Jamie, Jim commits suicide. Suspenseful and gripping, An Intangible Affair is a tale of passion and deception, friendship and love.
In Beacon Hill, one of the most desirable neighborhoods in Boston, a wealthy widow dies in her sleep, while in Cambridge, where academia meets high tech, a dog is slaughtered. One death has seemingly no bearing on the other until the death in a remote Chinese village is announced. Answering the call from a friend, amateur detectives Ann Lee and Fang Chen rush to the ancient village, where the branches of a family tree stretch from China to New Zealand, Australia, and the US, and where—to Ann’s great chagrin—Fang Chen becomes obsessed with a girl being pursued by a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to sacrifice her in the name of love. Will Fang Chen’s untimely passion get in the way of his investigation and destroy his partnership with Ann? Can the amateur sleuths outsmart the cunning and crafty killer?
A story of everlasting love between two childhood friends, Lily Zhang and Li Ling, who were thrown together and then tore apart by the evil force of the Cultural Revolution, the most horrifying ten-year terror in the modern history of China. When the Revolution ended, they ran into each other again at the university. Even though their love rekindled and intensified, the fate continued to tear them apart until Lily was forced to transfer, and Li Ling left the country for United States. Twenty years later, Li Ling receives a letter from his lover that would certainly turn his life in a quiet seashore New England town upside down.
A teenager returns home from school to find a gruesome scene: the apartment he shares with his mother, Shao Mei, in Boston’s Chinatown has been ransacked and his mother is dead. There is a bottle of Moutai, the most expensive and exotic Chinese liquor, left at the scene and traces of rat poison in one of the two shot glasses on the kitchen counter. This was evidently a homicide, but who could possibly be the killer? Ann Lee and Fang Chen, close friends of the victim, are eager to help the Police unearth her murderer. Realizing that important clues behind the motive may be buried deep in Shao Mei’s past, they travel to Beijing where the victim spent decades of her adult life. Surrounded by the antiquities of China’s rich history, they stumble into a cobweb of mystery and danger. Fearing for their lives but determined to press on, they unearth a scandal far greater than either could have imagined.
The Sound of Spring is a love story against the background of the final months of the Cultural Revolution. It touches on China’s history and problems in the era following the development and rupture of a love affair between the protagonists, Du Chun Ming and Fang Si Jun.
An elderly woman dies at the bottom of a stairway, and Betty is accused as her killer. Convinced that his sister isn’t capable of such a crime, psychiatrist Seth enlists his friend Ann Lee, an amateur detective, and her partner to help clear her name. Never in their decadelong career have Ann and Fang Chen had to defend a client who already has airtight evidence and an eyewitness against her. As they try to separate the assumptions from the truth, every lead appears to be a dead end, and Betty Foreman seems to be guilty as accused. As the trial day looms, they are under tremendous pressure to prove their mettle and save an innocent friend. When the curtain finally comes down, however, nothing is what it seems, and the one who wins the battle could lose the war.
Death Comes to Lake Como opens with Fang Chen and his new bride corresponding with their friend, Ann Lee, while on vacation in Italy. Things quickly turn sinister when a nurse for a wealthy American tourist and a retired cook are murdered. Ripples of strife left over from the Cultural Revolution in China pull Ann and Fang Chen into a complicated murder case. The answers are not easily found by the amateur detectives and take them through a maze of leads across the byzantine network of Chinatown's residents. Connections one wouldn't expect are brought to light as the investigation deepens, and more innocent people are dragged into a plot motivated by a sinister agenda. Ann and Fang Chen must solve the mystery before it hits closer to home than they could've imagined. Rich with surprise at every twist and turn, Death Comes to Lake Como is an intriguing murder mystery that blends love and friendship with greed and deceit, all in the lush setting of Italy's Lake Country.
A body was found in the living room of a concert pianist, shot to death. Yi-yun Lin, the deceased, was a foreign student from China. No murder weapon was found on the scene, no sign of forced entry. It was seemingly a homicide, but who was the killer? All the evidence points to her boyfriend, the concert pianist, but Detective Paul Winderman of the Boston Police Department has his doubts. The victim’s ex-husband has vowed revenge on several occasions. Someone from her past might also want her dead. The tale of Mystery of Revenge is a melting pot of love, desire, jealousy and greed. Proceed with caution; the facts could be deceiving.
Death Comes to Lake Como opens with Fang Chen and his new bride corresponding with their friend, Ann Lee, while on vacation in Italy. Things quickly turn sinister when a nurse for a wealthy American tourist and a retired cook are murdered. Ripples of strife left over from the Cultural Revolution in China pull Ann and Fang Chen into a complicated murder case. The answers are not easily found by the amateur detectives and take them through a maze of leads across the byzantine network of Chinatown's residents. Connections one wouldn't expect are brought to light as the investigation deepens, and more innocent people are dragged into a plot motivated by a sinister agenda. Ann and Fang Chen must solve the mystery before it hits closer to home than they could've imagined. Rich with surprise at every twist and turn, Death Comes to Lake Como is an intriguing murder mystery that blends love and friendship with greed and deceit, all in the lush setting of Italy's Lake Country.
The first time Jamie meets Jim, she is a graduate student, and he is a dashing young man embarking on a successful career in pharmaceutical research. They cultivate a mutual affection for each other while pursuing different goals in life. When Jamie meets Jim again years later, she has broken up with her long-time boyfriend, and he is having marital problems. A one-night stand in a remote hotel turns their friendship into a two-decade long love affair. When their liaison becomes too difficult to sustain, it brings a crisis to its head. The accidental death of Jim’s wife clears the way for the lovers, but instead of uniting with Jamie, Jim commits suicide. Suspenseful and gripping, An Intangible Affair is a tale of passion and deception, friendship and love.
In Beacon Hill, one of the most desirable neighborhoods in Boston, a wealthy widow dies in her sleep, while in Cambridge, where academia meets high tech, a dog is slaughtered. One death has seemingly no bearing on the other until the death in a remote Chinese village is announced. Answering the call from a friend, amateur detectives Ann Lee and Fang Chen rush to the ancient village, where the branches of a family tree stretch from China to New Zealand, Australia, and the US, and where—to Ann’s great chagrin—Fang Chen becomes obsessed with a girl being pursued by a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to sacrifice her in the name of love. Will Fang Chen’s untimely passion get in the way of his investigation and destroy his partnership with Ann? Can the amateur sleuths outsmart the cunning and crafty killer?
A story of everlasting love between two childhood friends, Lily Zhang and Li Ling, who were thrown together and then tore apart by the evil force of the Cultural Revolution, the most horrifying ten-year terror in the modern history of China. When the Revolution ended, they ran into each other again at the university. Even though their love rekindled and intensified, the fate continued to tear them apart until Lily was forced to transfer, and Li Ling left the country for United States. Twenty years later, Li Ling receives a letter from his lover that would certainly turn his life in a quiet seashore New England town upside down.
An elderly woman dies at the bottom of a stairway, and Betty is accused as her killer. Convinced that his sister isn’t capable of such a crime, psychiatrist Seth enlists his friend Ann Lee, an amateur detective, and her partner to help clear her name. Never in their decadelong career have Ann and Fang Chen had to defend a client who already has airtight evidence and an eyewitness against her. As they try to separate the assumptions from the truth, every lead appears to be a dead end, and Betty Foreman seems to be guilty as accused. As the trial day looms, they are under tremendous pressure to prove their mettle and save an innocent friend. When the curtain finally comes down, however, nothing is what it seems, and the one who wins the battle could lose the war.
A body was found in the living room of a concert pianist, shot to death. Yi-yun Lin, the deceased, was a foreign student from China. No murder weapon was found on the scene, no sign of forced entry. It was seemingly a homicide, but who was the killer? All the evidence points to her boyfriend, the concert pianist, but Detective Paul Winderman of the Boston Police Department has his doubts. The victim’s ex-husband has vowed revenge on several occasions. Someone from her past might also want her dead. The tale of Mystery of Revenge is a melting pot of love, desire, jealousy and greed. Proceed with caution; the facts could be deceiving.
The Sound of Spring is a love story against the background of the final months of the Cultural Revolution. It touches on China’s history and problems in the era following the development and rupture of a love affair between the protagonists, Du Chun Ming and Fang Si Jun.
A teenager returns home from school to find a gruesome scene: the apartment he shares with his mother, Shao Mei, in Boston’s Chinatown has been ransacked and his mother is dead. There is a bottle of Moutai, the most expensive and exotic Chinese liquor, left at the scene and traces of rat poison in one of the two shot glasses on the kitchen counter. This was evidently a homicide, but who could possibly be the killer? Ann Lee and Fang Chen, close friends of the victim, are eager to help the Police unearth her murderer. Realizing that important clues behind the motive may be buried deep in Shao Mei’s past, they travel to Beijing where the victim spent decades of her adult life. Surrounded by the antiquities of China’s rich history, they stumble into a cobweb of mystery and danger. Fearing for their lives but determined to press on, they unearth a scandal far greater than either could have imagined.
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