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Li Du #2
St. Martin's Griffin
July 2017
On Sale: July 18, 2017
320 pages
ISBN: 1250074975
EAN: 9781250074973
Kindle: B01BSNQJUM
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Mystery Historical
In The White Mirror, the follow-up to Elsa Hart’s
critically acclaimed debut, Jade Dragon Mountain, Li
Du, an imperial librarian and former exile in 18th century
China, is now an independent traveler. He is journeying with
a trade caravan bound for Lhasa when a detour brings them to
a valley hidden between mountain passes. On the icy planks
of a wooden bridge, a monk sits in contemplation. Closer
inspection reveals that the monk is dead, apparently of a
self-inflicted wound. His robes are rent, revealing a
strange symbol painted on his chest. When the rain turns to snow, the caravan is forced to seek
hospitality from the local lord while they wait for the
storm to pass. The dead monk, Li Du soon learns, was a
reclusive painter. According to the family, his bizarre
suicide is not surprising, given his obsession with the
demon world. But Li Du is convinced that all is not as it
seems. Why did the caravan leader detour to this particular
valley? Why does the lord’s heir sleep in the barn like a
servant? And who is the mysterious woman traveling through
the mountain wilds? Trapped in the snow, surrounded by secrets and an
unexplained grief that haunts the manor, Li Du cannot
distract himself from memories he’s tried to leave behind.
As he discovers irrefutable evidence of the painter’s murder
and pieces together the dark circumstances of his death, Li
Du must face the reason he will not go home and, ultimately,
the reason why he must.
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