Summary

February, 1940. In San Francisco's Chinatown, fireworks explode as the city celebrates Chinese New Year with a Rice Bowl Party, a three-day-and-night carnival designed to raise money and support for China war relief. Miranda Corbie is a thirty-three-year-old private investigator who stumbles upon the fatally shot body of Eddie Takahashi. The Chamber of Commerce wants it covered up. The cops acquiesce. All Miranda wants is justice—whatever it costs. From Chinatown tenements, to a tattered tailor's shop in Little Osaka, to a high-class bordello draped in Southern Gothic, she shakes down the city—her city—seeking the truth.

Editorial Reviews

“Beautifully imagined and beautifully written—this book does everything great fiction is supposed to.” —Lee Child

“Big and ambitious, both reverent and original. Author Kelli Stanley has her eye on greatness.” —George Pelecanos, New York Times bestselling author

“Stanley’s dialogue bristles with attitude, the atmosphere is thick as the bay fog, and her protagonist is a great new dame in crime fiction. A smart, stunning thriller.” —Linda Fairstein, New York Times bestselling author

”City of Dragons, with its brittle patter and its broken heart of gold, is a joy.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“Stanley’s stunning first in a new series introduces a gutsy, independent heroine who isn’t always likable.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Miranda Corbie has the potential to be a great series character. Think Barbara Stanwick meets Myrna Loy, then toss in a hard-boiled crime story worthy of Raymond Chandler.” —Library Journal (starred review)

“Stanley has vividly re-created the atmosphere of the era…Her hard-boiled, strong female sleuth…does the job with all the panache of Sam Spade.” —Booklist (starred review)

Stanley's dialogue bristles with attitude, the atmosphere is thick as the bay fog, and her protagonist is a great new dame in crime fiction. A smart, stunning thriller. —Linda Fairstein, New York Times bestselling author

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Author Bio: Kelli Stanley

Kelli Stanley’s first novel in the 1940 San Francisco-set Miranda Corbie series, City of Dragons, was met with overwhelming critical acclaim and was a finalist for the prestigious Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Stanley also writes a highly praised series set in Roman Britain, the latest of which is The Curse-Maker. Her debut novel, Nox Dormienda, won the Bruce Alexander Award for best historical mystery of 2008. She makes her home in Dashiell Hammett’s San Francisco, earned a master’s degree in classics, and loves jazz, old movies, fedoras, Art Deco, and speakeasies.

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Format:	Retail CD	Format:	MP3 CD
Available Formats :	Retail CD, MP3 CD
Category:	Fiction/Mystery & Detective
Publisher:	Tantor Audio	Publisher:	Tantor Audio
CDs:	10	CDs:	1
Runtime:	12.94
ISBN:	9798200109609	ISBN:	9798200109616
Audience:	Adult
Language:	English

City of Dragons

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