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Ava has been in Hong Kong looking after Uncle. She has also set up an investment company with May Ling…
Wong and her sister-in-law, Amanda Yee. One of their first investments - a furniture company owned by two sisters in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo - runs into immediate problems with a Dutch customer. Ava goes to the Netherlands to investigate, but her life is threatened when she is confronted by a gang of local thugs in Borneo. Then, out of the shadows comes a mysterious man from Shanghai. Sequel to "The Scottish banker of Surabaya". 2014.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Mysteries and crime stories, Suspense and thrillers
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Ava begins an investigation into what she thinks is a Ponzi scheme. The trail leads her to a bank in…
Indonesia that is run by a Scot, but in actuality is a front for an elaborate money-laundering operation for Italian mobsters. The relationship between Ava and the Scotsman turns nasty and personal. Meanwhile, Uncle’s health problems become apparent. Includes sex, strong language and violence. 2013.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Mysteries and crime stories, Women sleuths
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Ava Lee's half-brother Michael is desperate to pull out of a multi-million-dollar real estate deal in Macau, while the developers…
are threatening to halt construction unless there’s another $80 million, the bank is looking for repayment on their loan; and her father is prepared to sell everything to protect his son. When Ava enlists Uncle for help, she discovers his health is failing and is forced to turn to the cunning May Ling Wong. As Ava follows the money trail, she finds herself drawn deeper and deeper into Hong Kong's dark and deadly world of organized crime. Includes violence and strong language. 2012. (Ava Lee novel ; 4)
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Ava is in Shanghai for the launch of the PÖ clothing line. She has invited Xu, who 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 believes this move would lead to his eventual destruction - 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. Sequel to “The king of Shanghai”. Bestseller. 2015.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Mysteries and crime stories, Women sleuths
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Ava Lee steps into her new business with May Ling Wong and her sister-in-law, Amanda. On a trip to Shanghai,…
Ava meets with Xu, a young man Uncle had been mentoring and who is also the head of the Triad in Shanghai. Xu makes an audacious business proposal that she and May are compelled to consider. Meanwhile, separately and privately, he confides to Ava that he intends to run for the chairmanship of the Triad Societies and attempts to recruit her as his adviser and confidante. Against her will, Ava becomes enmeshed in Triad warfare and her future is threatened. Sequel to "The two sisters of Borneo", followed by "The princeling of Nanjing". 2014.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Mysteries and crime stories, Women sleuths
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Ava is contracted by a senator in the Philippines to quietly investigate a college on an island province that he…
suspects is training terrorists. While working with a CIA agent to uncover an international plot, horrific in size and scope, Ava's judgement and morals are tested like never before. Sequel to "The couturier of Milan". 2018.