Helpful Score: 3
Great mystery. Author's details about an unfamiliar world bring modern Bejing to life. Revolves around China's social/economic problems and slave labor. As always, it's never clear who to trust, and dangerous decisions can cost the protagonists their lives.
Helpful Score: 1
Lisa See turns her considerable knowledge of China to a very involved and suspenseful mystery. While Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is still my favorite I was surprised to find that the mystery genre was well served by See's intricate interpersonal detail, all this set to the ongoing conflict between greed and the desperation of the poor.
