A Loyal Character Dancer

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The body of a man wearing Valentino silk pyjamas is found in a public park and the wife of a witness in an American trial of people traffickers has disappeared. Chen works with an American marshal to find the missing woman but is not so sure the other case is unrelated.

Although there is less day-to-day life, it was still the Chinese background and the constraints Chen works under which made this interesting - and of course the food.

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gradcat

A Loyal Character Dancer | Qiu Xiaolong

#7Days7Covers #CoverCrush Day 5

@Ddzmini Hiya Danielle! Would you like to play? You simply post a favorite cover for seven consecutive days—no descriptions/explanations necessary—and then tag a friend to invite to play each day. I hope to see your covers very soon! ♥️

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EadieB @gradcat Wow! Nice one! 5y

gradcat @EadieB Thank you! This is yet *another* detective series, #seriessquad ! 😂 5y

EadieB @gradcat I do own some of these books! 5y

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gradcat @EadieB Okay, I am now convinced that you own all of the detective series novels ever written!! 😂🤣😂 5y

EadieB @gradcat I think I do because I had 10,000 books when I had to stop buying books because there was no more room in my house. I would only pay .50 or $1.00 for each book. I now have at least 5,000 and still need to downsize. 5y

Andrew65 I need an X author for my audiobook #LitsyAtoZ, this could be perfect for that. Great cover. 5y

Andrew65 @gradcat Eadie is long renowned for the national collection. 😂 @EadieB (edited) 5y

Ruthiella @EadieB If I had lotto $ I would buy you a separate house. 😬 @CarolynM too. I support your habit! 5y

EadieB @Ruthiella Oh you are so nice! That would be wonderful! 5y

Ddzmini Yea I‘ll do it 🙌🏽😝 starting tomorrow 5y

gradcat @EadieB Yes—that‘s the answer—another house! 10,000 books is, in fact, a library!! 😂😂 5y

gradcat @Andrew65 Glad I could help! This is the second in the series, the first one is ... in case you‘d like to begin at the beginning. ♥️

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gradcat @Ddzmini So glad you‘re doing this...looking forward to your covers! ♥️ 5y

Andrew65 @gradcat Book 1 is the book I‘ll start with. 5y

gradcat @Andrew65 I hope you like it! 🤞🏼 5y

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A Loyal Character Dancer | Qiu Xiaolong

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Catching up on some book challenge posts, this book was wonderful. The second in this Chinese detective mystery series. There's the crime to be solved and then the layers of political intrigue to navigate in communist China. This story adds in an American representative and things get very complicated very fast. Plus Inspector Chen is a poet and a literature enthusiast. Excellent book in a so far excellent series!

DrexEdit This book was for the letter X in the #litsyAtoZ challenge.
@bookishmarginalia 8y

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