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A Death in China

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Book Title
A Death in China
Author
Carl Hiaasen
ISBN
9780375700675
From Carl Hiaasen and the distinguished foreign correspondent Bill Montalbano comes a relentless novel of treachery and murder set in the clenched society of China, where even tomorrow's weather is a state secret. David Wang, a Chinese-American art historian, dies shortly after a visit to an ancient tomb housing priceless artifacts. Officials diagnose death by duck, a fatal confluence of culture shock and rich cuisine. But Wang's friend Tom Stratton suspects something more sinister, especially after the dead man's brother, a highly placed Party official, tries to have him kidnapped. From a nightmarish interrogation to assassination by cobra, A Death in China takes readers on a trip with no rest stops through a world of claustrophobic mistrust and terrifying danger.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Carl Hiaasen, Bill MontalbanoPublisher: Vintage Crime/Black LizardPublished: 06/30/1998ISBN: 9780375700675Pages: 288Weight: 0.48lbsSize: 7.94h x 5.68w x 0.67dReview Citations: Library Journal 06/15/1998 pg. 112New York Times 07/26/1998 pg. 28
From Carl Hiaasen and the distinguished foreign correspondent Bill Montalbano comes a relentless novel of treachery and murder set in the clenched society of China, where even tomorrow's weather is a state secret.

David Wang, a Chinese-American art historian, dies shortly after a visit to an ancient tomb housing priceless artifacts. Officials diagnose death by duck, a fatal confluence of culture shock and rich cuisine. But Wang's friend Tom Stratton suspects something more sinister, especially after the dead man's brother, a highly placed Party official, tries to have him kidnapped. From a nightmarish interrogation to assassination by cobra, A Death in China takes readers on a trip with no rest stops through a world of claustrophobic mistrust and terrifying danger.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Carl Hiaasen, Bill Montalbano
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Published: 06/30/1998
ISBN: 9780375700675
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.68w x 0.67d

Review Citations: Library Journal 06/15/1998 pg. 112
New York Times 07/26/1998 pg. 28
From Carl Hiaasen and the distinguished foreign correspondent Bill Montalbano comes a relentless novel of treachery and murder set in the clenched society of China, where even tomorrow's weather is a state secret.

David Wang, a Chinese-American art historian, dies shortly after a visit to an ancient tomb housing priceless artifacts. Officials diagnose death by duck, a fatal confluence of culture shock and rich cuisine. But Wang's friend Tom Stratton suspects something more sinister, especially after the dead man's brother, a highly placed Party official, tries to have him kidnapped. From a nightmarish interrogation to assassination by cobra, A Death in China takes readers on a trip with no rest stops through a world of claustrophobic mistrust and terrifying danger.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Carl Hiaasen, Bill Montalbano
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Published: 06/30/1998
ISBN: 9780375700675
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.68w x 0.67d

Review Citations: Library Journal 06/15/1998 pg. 112
New York Times 07/26/1998 pg. 28