American-Born Chinese P.I. Lydia Chin is called in on what appears to be a simple case. Jeff Dunbar, art world insider, wants her to track down a rumor. Contemporary Chinese painting is sizzling hot on the art scene and no one is hotter than Chau Chun, known as the Ghost Hero. A talented and celebrated ink painter, Chau’s highly-prized work mixes classical forms and modern political commentary. The rumor of new paintings by Chau is shaking up the art world. There’s only one problem—Ghost Hero Chau has been dead for twenty years, killed in the 1989 Tianamen Square uprising. Not only is Ghost Hero Chau long dead, but Lydia’s client isn’t who he claims to be either. And she’s not the only P.I. hired to look for these paintings. Lydia and her partner, Bill Smith, soon learn that someone else—Jack Lee: P.I., art expert, and, like Lydia, American-Born Chinese—is also on the case. What starts as rumors over new paintings by a dead artist quickly becomes something far more desperate—a high-stakes crisis the P.I.'s will find themselves risking everything to resolve.
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“The detective duo is called upon by an art-world insider to confirm or deny the rumor of new paintings by celebrated ink artist Chau Chun, also known as the Ghost Hero…Could Chun be alive and well and living in New York? With the help of wily fellow Jack Lee, Chin and Smith get to the truth, untangling a web of love, loyalty, and lies…the chemistry between Rozan’s lead character…makes it all work.”
— Publishers Weekly
“Engaging characters, crisp dialogue, intelligent storytelling, and a minimum of violence add up to another winner for Rozan.”
— Booklist (starred review)“Rozan picks up the pace and adds a new plot twist to pull off another coup.”
— New York Times“S.J. Rozan is a good old-fashioned mystery writer, and I mean that as a high compliment.”
— Washington Post, praise for the author“More cons and double-crosses than The Sting.”
— Kirkus Reviews“Rozan delivers another thoroughly entertaining, meticulously plotted, and utterly riveting installment.”
— RT Book Reviews (4½ stars, Top Pick!)Be the first to write a review about this audiobook!
S. J. Rozan is the author of the popular Lydia Chin and Bill Smith mystery series, as well as several stand-alone novels and novellas. She has won multiple awards for her fiction, including the Edgar, Shamus, Anthony, Nero, and Macavity awards, the Japanese Maltese Falcon, and the Private Eye Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award.
Emily Woo Zeller is an artist, actor, dancer, choreographer, and voice artist who has won Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration in 2018. She began her voice-over career by voicing animation in Asia. AudioFile magazine named her one of the Best Voices of 2013 for her work in Gulp. Other awards include the 2009 Tristen Award for Best Actress as Sally Bowles in Cabaret and the 2006 Roselyn E. Schneider Prize for Creative Achievement.