Dragon Bones by Lisa See

Dragon Bones by Lisa See

In a magnificent land where myth mixes treacherously with truth, one woman is in charge of telling them apart. Liu Hulan is the Inspector in China's Ministry of Public Security whose tough style rousts wrongdoers and rubs her superiors the wrong way. Now her latest case finds her trapped between her country's distant past and her own recent history.

The case starts at a rally for a controversial cult that ends suddenly in bloodshed, and leads to the apparent murder of an American archaeologist, which officials want to keep quiet. And haunting Hulan's investigation is the possible theft of ancient dragon bones that might alter the history of civilization itself.

Getting to the bottom of ever-spiraling events, Hulan unearths more scandals, confronts more murderers, and revives tragic memories that shake her tormented marriage to its core. In the end, she solves a mystery as big, unruly, and complex as China itself.

Praise for Dragon Bones

Stays with you long after the conventional thriller is forgotten.--The Washington Post Book World

Lisa See is one of the classier practitioners of . . . the international thriller. . . . She draws her characters . . . with convincing depth, and offers up documentary social detail that reeks of freshly raked muck. See's China is as vivid as Upton Sinclair's Chicago.--The New York Times Book Review

Lisa See nació en París en 1955 y se crió en el seno de una familia china asentada en Estados Unidos desde tiempo atrás. Biznieta del patriarca del Chinatown de Los Ángeles, See narró la epopeya americana de su bisabuelo, Fong See, en un aclamado libro de memorias titulado On Gold Mountain. Durante trece años fue corresponsal en la costa Oeste del semanario Publishers Weekly. Sus artículos han aparecido en medios como The New York Times, Los Angeles Times y The Washington Post. En 2005, El abanico de seda se convirtió en un bestseller internacional y recibió además numerosos premios. Este éxito se vio confirmado con su siguiente novela, El pabellón de las peonías. Lisa See vive en Los Ángeles con su marido y sus dos hijos.

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ISBN 13	9780345440310
ISBN 10	0345440315
Titel	Dragon Bones
Autor	Lisa See
Serie	The Red Princess Mysteries
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Random House USA Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2004-03-02
Seitenanzahl	368
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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