{"product_id":"flower-net-paperback","title":"Flower Net - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa See\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lisa See begins to do for Beijing what Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did for turn-of-the-century London or Dashiell Hammett did for 1920s San Francisco: She discerns the hidden city lurking beneath the public facade.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-The Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the depths of a Beijing winter, during the waning days of Deng Xiaoping's reign, the U.S. ambassador's son is found dead-his body entombed in a frozen lake. Around the same time, aboard a ship adrift off the coast of Southern California, Assistant U.S. Attorney David Stark makes a startling discovery: the corpse of a Red Prince, a scion of China's political elite. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Chinese and American governments suspect that the deaths are connected and, in an unprecedented move, they join forces to see justice done. In Beijing, David teams up with the unorthodox police detective Liu Hulan. In an investigation that brings them to every corner of China and sparks an intense attraction between the two, David and Hulan discover a web linking human trafficking to the drug trade to governmental treachery-a web reaching from the Forbidden City to the heart of Los Angeles and, like the wide flower net used by Chinese fishermen, threatening to ensnare all within its reach. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A graceful rendering of two different and complex cultures, within a highly intricate plot . . . The starkly beautiful landscapes of Beijing and its surrounding countryside are depicted with a lyrical precision.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Murder and intrigue splash across the canvas of modern Chinese life. . . . A vivid portrait of a vast Communist nation in the painful throes of a sea change.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-People\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fascinating . . . that rare thriller that enlightens as well as it entertains.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-San Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery\u003cbr\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first body was found in ice: the U.S. ambassador's son, entombed in a frozen lake outside Beijing's Forbidden City. Thousands of miles away, in the heat-baked hold of a Chinese smuggling ship, another corpse is uncovered, this one a red Prince, a scion of China's political elite. Suspecting the deaths are linked, the American and Chinese governments pair ambitious attorney David Stark and brilliant detective Liu Hulan to uncover a killer and a conspiracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the teeming streets of Beijing to Los Angeles and back, David and Hulan are caught in a perilous net of politics, organized crime, family loyalties, and their own passion. As, one by one, those close to the investigation are killed, David and Hulan face a firestorm of evil, while the killer they seek is as close as the secrets they keep from each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa See\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDreams of Joy, Shanghai Girls, Peony in Love, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Flower Net\u003c\/i\u003e (an Edgar Award nominee), \u003ci\u003eThe Interior, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDragon Bones, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the critically acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eOn Gold Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e. The Organization of Chinese American Women named her the 2001 National Woman of the Year. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724843683903,"sku":"9780812978681","price":26.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f4d4ebfe078a76580d8c7a4d09979e00.webp?v=1765104119","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/flower-net-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}