City of Dragons
By Kelli Stanley
(Minotaur Books, Hardcover, 9780312603601, 352pp.)
Publication Date: August 30, 2011
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Paperback, Compact Disc, Compact Disc, MP3 CD, Hardcover
Categories: Mystery & Detective - Historical, Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the February 2010 Indie Next ListFebruary, 1940. In San Francisco's Chinatown, fireworks explode as the city celebrates Chinese New Year with a Rice Bowl Party, a three day-and-night carnival designed to raise money and support for China war relief. Miranda Corbie is a 33-year-old private investigator who stumbles upon the fatally shot body of Eddie Takahashi. The Chamber of Commerce wants it covered up. The cops acquiesce. All Miranda wants is justice--whatever it costs. From Chinatown tenements, to a tattered tailor's shop in Little Osaka, to a high-class bordello draped in Southern Gothic, she shakes down the city--her city--seeking the truth.
KELLI STANLEY's first novel in the 1940 San Francisco-set Miranda Corbie series, CITY OF DRAGONS, was met with overwhelming critical acclaim and was a finalist for the prestigious Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Stanley also writes a highly-praised series set in Roman Britain, the latest of which is THE CURSE-MAKER. Her debut novel, NOX DORMIENDA, won the Bruce Alexander Award for best historical mystery of 2008. She makes her home in Dashiell Hammett’s San Francisco, earned a Master’s Degree in Classics, and loves jazz, old movies, fedoras, Art Deco and speakeasies.
"City of Dragons is a joy to read." --Tom Nolan, San Francisco Chronicle "Think Barbara Stanwick meets Myrna Loy, then toss in a hard-boiled crime story worthy of Raymond Chandler."--Library Journal (starred) "Impressive...Stanley's hard-boiled, strong female sleuth stalks Hammett's San Francisco and does the job with all the panache of Sam Spade. Readers will eagerly await the next installment in this exciting new series." --Booklist (starred) "Riveting...a wonderful start to what should be a long-running series." --Oline H. Cogdill, Sun-Sentinel "A winner...The noir atmosphere of 1940s San Francisco is brilliantly recreated - terrific."--Romantic Times (4 1/2 stars)
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