Anne H. (WyomingAnne) reviewed on 12/20/2009 + 9 more book reviews

China Trade is a book that I heard about on NPR. It is the first book in a series written by S.J. Rozan, and tells the story of private detective Lydia Chin and her sometime partner Bill Smith, as they investigate the theft of valuable porcelains from a small China Town museum. The search leads them into the world of Chinese gangs, art dealers, and two murders. The book was not as well written, or as much of a page turner as my favorite police/mystery writer, Michael Connelly, whose Detective Bosh series always captures my interest from the very beginning. I found China Trade to be a slow starter, but I did enjoyed the ending, which I had not predicted. By the time I finished reading the book, I had decided that it was worth giving her second book in the series a try.

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