Japanese-American Ellie Rush is a rookie LAPD bicycle cop with aspirations to be a detective. Ellie's inspiration is her aunt, who's the highest-ranking Asian officer in the LAPD. Assigned to porta-potty street patrol during the Chinese New Year parade, Ellie is close to the alley where a dead body is discovered. Ellie fears the murdered woman may be a former classmate who's been reported missing -- and she's right.
Assigned to work on the case by her aunt, who seems to have ulterior motives, Ellie starts contacting Jenny's friends for answers. But the deeper she probes, the more questions arise. And the closer she comes to the truth, the closer she is to becoming a victim of the killer.
Naomi Hirahara affords a fresh perspective of LA's rich multi-ethnic residents in MURDER ON BAMBOO STREET. As the first in a new series featuring Officer Ellie Rush, the uniqueness of the cast of characters and the insightful plot premise holds great promise for future novels.
Trouble awaits rookie LAPD Officer Ellie Rush as she
patrols the mean streets of Los Angeles on her bicycleβ¦
Bike cop Ellie Rush dreams of becoming a homicide
detective, but it's still a shock when the first dead body
she encounters on the job is that of a former college
classmate.
At the behest of her Aunt Cheryl, the highest-ranking Asian-
American officer in the LAPD (a source of pride for Ellie's
grandmother, but annoyance to her mom), Ellie becomes
tangled in the investigation of the coed's murder β with
equal parts help and hindrance from her nosy best friend,
her over-involved ex-boyfriend, a smoldering detective, and
seemingly everyone else in her extended familyβ¦only to
uncover secrets that a killer may go to any lengths to
ensure stay hidden.
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