Ava is in Shanghai for the launch of the PÖ clothing line. She has invited Xu, and over the course of the glitzy event and a late-night dinner, she detects a certain hesitancy in him. He confides that the Tsai family, headed by Tsai Lian, the governor of Jiangsu Province and a “princeling” — he is the son of a general who was on the Long March with Mao and a member of China’s power elite — is trying to force him and his Triad organization back into the drug business. Xu is already paying millions of dollars a year to various Tsai businesses, but the family wants more and thinks the new venture can deliver it. Xu believes this move would lead to his eventual destruction and feels he has nowhere to turn. If he opposes them, they will crush him. If he goes along with them, he thinks that inevitably the police and military will hunt him down.

Ava sets out to help Xu deter the Tsai family. As she digs into the breadth and depth of the family’s wealth and corruption, she gets caught up in a huge tangled web, extending all the way to the U.S. and the U.K., where it reaches the top echelons of political power.

Released at the December meet-up of Calgary BookCrossers, held at Cravings Market Restaurant.

Picked this up at the monthly book crossing meeting at Cravings Market Restaurant.

As Ava continues to succeed in business and her personal life, she gets drawn back into Xu's dangerous world. Not surprisingly her very specialized talents come in handy when she learns that her close friend Xu is in some big trouble with apparently no way out. So she does what she does best, she gathers as many facts as she can, and then inevitably gets into some hot water.

Another great read, Ava Lee doing what Ava Lee does best. Kicking ass and finding bank account numbers.

Bringing this book to the monthly book crossing meeting at Cravings Market Restaurant

Brought this home from the June BookCrossing meeting.

Enjoyed #8 in the series as much as the others. Fast paced read with twists and turns along the way.

Taking this to the December BookCrossing meeting to be enjoyed by the next reader.

Picked up at today’s Calgary bookcrossing meetup. Looking forward to the read!

I was dreading reading this book so much given how violent the Ava lee books have been getting but I needed this. It felt like a throwback to the earlier Ava lee books and helped restore my interest in this series.

Will be brought to Calgary bookcrossing for a new reader.

Forgot to journal last month.

Returning to the owner to either be returned to circulation or to come home.

To the finder:
Calgary has an active group of BookCrossers that meet to swap books and discuss book crossing every second Saturday of the month at 11am at Cravings Market on Fairmount Drive SE. We always love to meet new crossers, so please join us any time you like!

Back in my hands, for a future reader.