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Riding the Snake
Riding the Snake
Author: Stephen J. Cannell
Riding the Snake opens in China with Willy Wo Lap Ling, a dreaded leader of Hong Kong's notorious criminal Triad. Willy needs two new kidneys badly; without them he will surely die. In an attempt to buy a few more years, he makes a deal with the devil -- he'll resume his nefarious activities in the West in exchange for the much-...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780380800162
ISBN-10: 0380800160
Publication Date: 8/1/1999
Pages: 402
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  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 44 ratings
Publisher: Avon
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Interesting about China. I feel I must read it and wonder how much is true. Good read and very interesting.
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Real thriller.
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Mystery set in L.A. by author of Rockford Files and A-Team...still put out the words on paper
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Wheeler Cassidy, charming black sheep of a wealthy Beverly Hills family, has never done much with his life except play golf, drink and seduce other men's wives. But after his politically connected brother's mysterious death, Wheeler embarks on a perilous journey to find himself and the Chinese gamgsters who murdered the only memeber of his family he ever really loved. Along the way, he teams up with Tanisha Williams, a beautiful African-American detective raised in South Central LA and now assigned to the LAPD's Asian Crimes TAsk Force. The two make an ignitable pair. Together they face the violence and corruption that stretches from Hong Kong's most notorious criminal Triad to the highest reaches of the American Goverment. It's an international conspiracy of huge proportions that will take Wheeler and Tanisha halfway around the world and into the most dangerous adventure of their lives.
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Sweeping From the exclusive enenclaves of Beverly Hills to the mean streets of South Central to the deadly labyrinth of Hong Kong's mysterious Walled City, Riding the Snake is a irresistible web of intreigue and roller-coaster action, with author Stepen Cannell at his twisty,cinematic best


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