An ex spy and nightclub singer undertakes an emotional
and dangerous journey to reunite with her lost lover and
the baby she was told was stillborn –– and to
discover the secret of her parents' murder.
Night club singer and spy Camilla is hiding out in Hong
Kong, on the run from Shanghai where she has just
instigated the assassination of a powerful gangster boss,
Master Lung. Camilla had been forced to share his bed and
spy on him on the orders of his arch–rival, Big
Brother Wang. Camilla knows she will be dead on arrival if
any of his gang members find her. But she misses her two
Shanghai lovers, not to mention her baby, Jinjin, whom she
gave birth to, but was told was stillborn. But Jinjin often
appears in her dreams, scolding her and asking her to find
him.
Using various disguises, Camilla returns to Shanghai, where
she reunites with her young lover, Jinying, the father of
her child. However, she cannot resist also seeking out her
other lover, the rough–hewn, but devoted,
body–guard, Gao. When she finds him, he is about to
be executed, but she rescues him using her
knife–throwing skill. Now hunted by both gangsters
and police, she searches frantically for her baby, whose
secret she learns from a mysterious blind orphan girl.
Also by Mingmei Yip:
Skeleton Women, June 2012
Song Of The Silk Road, April 2011
Petals From The Sky, March 2010
Peach Blossom Pavilion, June 2008
Chinese Children's Favorite Stories, 2005
Grandma Panda's China Storybook 2013