A Mysterious Review of Death Money by Henry Chang. A Jack Yu Mystery.
Review summary: This mystery marks the return of NYPD homicide detective Jack Yu after an absence of several years. The overall message seems to be that life is complicated, and life in Chinatown is especially complicated. An interesting and engaging story, to be sure, but one that is somehow incomplete, a solution but one without answers. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Death Money
Henry Chang
A Jack Yu Mystery
Soho Crime (April 2014)
Publisher synopsis: When the body of an unidentified Asian man is found in the Harlem River, NYPD Detective Jack Yu is pulled in to investigate. The murder takes Jack from the benevolent associations of Chinatown to the take-out restaurants, strip clubs, and underground gambling establishments of the Bronx, to a wealthy, exclusive New Jersey borough. It's a world of secrets and unclear allegiances, of Chinatown street gangs and major Triad players.
With the help of an elderly fortune teller and an old friend, the unpredictable Billy Bow, Jack races to solve his most difficult case yet.
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