Ellie McEnroe is an Iraq War vet living in Beijing, where she represents the work of cutting-edge Chinese political artists. She has one bum leg, a taste for dumplings and beer, and an evangelical mother and a sweet-tempered rescue mutt for roommates. She also has Chinese Domestic Security on her tail and a dwindling number of Percocets to get her through her bad days.
And sheβs about to have some bad days. The immensely powerfulβand occasionally homicidalβShanghai billionaire Sidney Cao has asked Ellie to investigate Marsh Brody, his sonβs suspicious new American business partner. Ellie knows she canβt refuse, and is grudgingly swept up into the elite social circles of Sidneyβs three children: debauched Guwei, rebellious Meimei and social climber Tiantian. When a waitress is murdered at one of Tiantianβs parties, the last thing Ellie wants is to get sucked into a huge scandal involving members of Chinaβs rich and powerful elite. But when Ellie quickly becomes the most convenient suspect, she realizes sheβll have to figure out who really did itβand even that might not be enough to save herself.
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