Zoeken
Inloggen
  • Home

  • Categorieën

  • Audioboeken

  • E-books

  • Voor kinderen

  • Toplijsten

  • Help

  • App downloaden

  • Campagnecode gebruiken

  • Cadeaukaart inwisselen

  • Probeer nu gratis
  • Inloggen
  • Taal

    🇳🇱 Nederland

    • NL
    • EN

    🇧🇪 Belgique

    • FR
    • EN

    🇩🇰 Danmark

    • DK
    • EN

    🇩🇪 Deutschland

    • DE
    • EN

    🇪🇸 España

    • ES
    • EN

    🇫🇷 France

    • FR
    • EN

    🇳🇴 Norge

    • NO
    • EN

    🇦🇹 Österreich

    • AT
    • EN

    🇨🇭 Schweiz

    • DE
    • EN

    🇫🇮 Suomi

    • FI
    • EN

    🇸🇪 Sverige

    • SE
    • EN
  1. Boeken
  2. Misdaad
  3. Politieserie

Lees en luister gratis gedurende 30 dagen!

Opzeggen wanneer je maar wilt

Probeer nu gratis
5.0(1)
A Mei Wang Mystery

The Eye of Jade : A Mei Wang Mystery

"Having her own detective agency would give her

the independence she had always longed for. It

would also give her the chance to show those people

who shunned her that she could be successful. People

were getting rich. They owned property, money,

business, and cars. With new freedom and opportunities

came new crimes. There would be much that

she could do."

Present day, Beijing. Mei Wang is a modern, independent woman. She has her own apartment. She owns a car. She has her own business with that most modern of commodities -- a male secretary. Her short career with China's prestigious Ministry for Public Security has given her intimate insight into the complicated and arbitrary world of Beijing's law enforcement. But it is her intuition, curiosity, and her uncanny knack for listening to things said -- and unsaid -- that make Mei Beijing's first successful female private investigator.

Mei is no stranger to the dark side of China. She was six years old when she last saw her father behind the wire fence of one of Mao's remote labor camps. Perhaps as a result, Mei eschews the power plays and cultural mores -- guanxi -- her sister and mother live by...for better and for worse.

Mei's family friend "Uncle" Chen hires her to find a Han dynasty jade of great value: he believes the piece was looted from the Luoyang Museum during the Cultural Revolution -- when the Red Guards swarmed the streets, destroying so many traces of the past -- and that it's currently for sale on the black market. The hunt for the eye of jade leads Mei through banquet halls and back alleys, seedy gambling dens and cheap noodle bars near the Forbidden City. Given the jade's provenance and its journey, Mei knows to treat the investigation as a most delicate matter; she cannot know, however, that this case will force her to delve not only into China's brutal history, but also into her family's dark secrets and into her own tragic separation from the man she loved in equal parts.

The first novel in an exhilarating new detective series, The Eye of Jade is both a thrilling mystery and a sensual and fascinating journey through modern China.


Auteur:

  • Diane Wei Liang

Serie:

  • Volume 1 in A Mei Wang Mystery

Formaat:

  • E-book

Duurtijd:

  • 189 bladzijden

Taal:

Engels

Categorieën:

  • Misdaad
  • Politieserie

Meer van Diane Wei Liang

Sla de lijst over
  1. Paper Butterfly : A Mei Wang Mystery

    Diane Wei Liang

    book

Anderen hebben ook gelezen

Sla de lijst over
  1. A Ghostly Undertaking

    Tonya Kappes

    audiobook
  2. Restoration : Verity Fassbender, Book 3

    Angela Slatter

    audiobook
  3. A Stranger in My Grave

    Margaret Millar

    book
  4. Ruthless

    Kerry Barnes

    audiobook
  5. The Delightful Life of a Suicide Pilot

    Colin Cotterill

    audiobook
  6. Inherit the Dead : A Novel

    Lee Child, Lisa Unger, C. J. Box, Lawrence Block, Charlaine Harris, Mary Higgins Clark

    audiobookbook
  7. Five Bloody Hearts

    Joy Ellis

    audiobook
  8. Rosemary Remembered

    Susan Wittig Albert

    audiobook
  9. Killing Mr. Griffin

    Lois Duncan

    audiobook
  10. The Highgate Cemetery Murder : A completely gripping and addictive historical mystery

    Irina Shapiro

    audiobook
  11. Legacy: A Justice Belstrang Mystery : Justice Belstrang Mysteries Book 1

    John Pilkington

    audiobook
  12. Blood at the Root

    Peter Robinson

    audiobook

Help en contact


Over ons

  • Ons verhaal
  • Carrière
  • Media
  • Toegankelijkheid
  • Partner worden
  • Investeerdersrelaties
  • Instagram
  • Facebook

Verkennen

  • Categorieën
  • Audioboeken
  • E-books
  • Tijdschriften
  • Voor kinderen
  • Toplijsten

Populaire categorieën

  • Misdaad
  • Biografieën en reportages
  • Fictie
  • Feelgood en romantiek
  • Persoonlijke ontwikkeling
  • Kinderboeken
  • Waargebeurde verhalen
  • Slapen en relaxen

Nextory

Copyright © 2025 Nextory AB

Privacybeleid · Voorwaarden ·
Uitstekend4.3 uit 5