Dragon bones

a novel

Paperback, 348 pages

English language

Published Aug. 14, 2007 by Random House.

ISBN:
978-0-345-44031-0
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4 stars (1 review)

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4 stars

This was the best of the "Red Princess" mystery books. I was engrossed in the setting (the Three Gorges area of China, shortly before the dam was finished) and I enjoyed catching up with the lead characters.

In Dragon Bones, Inspector Liu Hulan and her attorney husband David Stark investigate various crimes that may or may not be related: the theft of ancient artifacts, the rise of an unlawful cult and several gory murders. Along the way, characters explore Chinese nationalism, mythology, the greed for power, and personal sacrifice for the common good.

Subjects

  • San xia shui li shu niu (China) -- Fiction
  • Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Fiction
  • Dams -- Design and construction -- Fiction
  • Americans -- China -- Fiction
  • Police -- China -- Fiction
  • Married people -- Fiction
  • Policewomen -- Fiction
  • Yangtze River (China) -- Fiction
  • China -- Antiquities -- Fiction
  • China -- Fiction