Description: Beijing police detective Liu Hulan sets out to find the truth about the suicide death of her friend's daughter. The case takes Hulan into her own buried past, and into the heart of a dangerous mystery--and brings her and her American lover, attorney David Stark, closer than they ever imagined.
Review Quotes: "See's China is as vivid as Upton Sinclair's Chicago. . . . Hulan remains an intriguing heroine with a complex inner life that distills the contradictions of modern China. . . . One of the classier practitioners of the international thriller . . . See does more than strew mayhem--she draws her characters with convincing psychological depth, and she offers up documentary social detail that reeks of freshly made muck."--The New York Times
"Sophisticated . . . See's writing is . . . graceful and she still has China passionately observed."--Los Angeles Times "Lisa See [does] for Beijing what Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did for turn-of-the-century London or Dashiell Hammett did for 1920s San Francisco: She discerns the hidden city lurking beneath the public façade."--The Washington Post Book World "Original and fresh, an absorbing look at an unfamiliar world."--Publishers Weekly "Immediate, haunting and exquisitely rendered, a fine line drawing of the sights and smells of the road overseas."--San Francisco Chronicle "A unique read . . . a thriller with a heart."--The Guardian "The Interior is packed with well-researched and nuanced reporting on today's China. . . . Hulan is an insightful guide to both Chinese corruption and those who resist it."--The Washington Post