City of Dragons: A Miranda Corbie Mystery

City of Dragons: A Miranda Corbie Mystery - Paperback

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City of Dragons: A Miranda Corbie Mystery

City of Dragons: A Miranda Corbie Mystery - Paperback

by Kelli Stanley
$25.00
Sale price  $25.00 Regular price 

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by Kelli Stanley (Author)

February, 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.

Author Biography

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.

Number of Pages: 352
Dimensions: 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: August 30, 2011
ISBN9780312668792
Author Kelli Stanley
PublisherMinotaur Books
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2011
LanguageENG- English
Pages352
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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