Next up,
The Water Rat of Wanchai (apa:
The Deadly Touch of the Tigress), the first of the Ava Lee series from Ian Hamilton. The Ava Lee books are pure good fun, with Ava being a young, Lesbian, ethnically Chinese, Canadian, forensic accountant skilled in Bak Mei and in the debt collection business. (And just how many boxes does THAT tick?!)
Part of what I like about these books is the various locations that Ian Hamilton, a career diplomat, sends Ava Lee to.
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Originally Posted by Amazon Canada
Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel
A CBC Bookie Award: Mystery and Thriller, Finalist
A Quill & Quire Book of the Year
An Amazon.ca Editors’ Pick
In the first electrifying book of the series, Ian Hamilton introduces us to Ava Lee — the smartest, most stylish heroine in crime fiction since Lisbeth Salandar.
Ava Lee is a young Chinese-Canadian forensic accountant who works for an elderly Hong Kong–based “Uncle,” who may or may not have ties to the Triads. At 115 lbs., she hardly seems a threat. But her razorsharp intellect and resourcefulness allows her to succeed where traditional methods have failed.
In The Water Rat of Wanchai, Ava travels across continents to track $5 million owed by a seafood company. But it’s in Guyana where she meets her match: Captain Robbins, a huge hulk of a man and godfather-like figure who controls the police, politicians, and criminals alike. In exchange for his help, he decides he wants a piece of Ava’s $5 million action and will do whatever it takes to get his fair share . . .
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AmazonUS: $7.99
AmazonCA: $11.99 CAD(includes a prequel book,
The Dragon Head of Hong Kong)
AmazonAU: $12.99 AUD (as
The Deadly Touch of the Tigress)
AmazonUK: £2.99 (as
The Deadly Touch of the Tigress)
This is available on Overdrive, but there are no Audible versions, sadly. Some of the later books have Audible versions, some don't.
Length: 400 pages