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Title: Reflecting the Sky by S. J. Rozan ISBN: 0-312-98134-1 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.44 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic mystery
Comment: Chinese-American Lydia Chin and Bill Smith are now official partners
in a private investigation business. Lydia's honorary grandfather Gao,
an herb shop owner in Chinatown asks her to perform some tasks in Hong
Kong for him. She agrees, taking Bill with her, to deliver a package
containing a jade statue to the grandson of a deceased friend, Wei Yao
Shin.
The easy assignment turns difficult almost from the onset
of their arrival in Hong Kong. Someone kidnaps Harry, the intended
recipient of the delivery, but Lydia and Bill have no idea who or why
since several diverse groups claim responsibility. As the American
sleuths try to find and return Harry safely home; they risk their own
lives in the process.
S.J. Rozan is one of the best writers of
hard-boiled private eye novel as proven with her latest, REFLECTIONS
IN THE SKY. The tale includes several red herrings that take the
reader down false trails leaving everyone clueless as to who the
kidnappers are. Hong Kong is vividly described as a beautifully
strange hybrid mix of Eastern and Western cultures that leads to the
reader wanting to visit the island. The award winning Ms. Rozan, in
her seventh Chin-Smith mystery, provides her fans with another
powerfully taut thriller.
Harriet Klausner
Rating: 5
Summary: A new level
Comment: SJ Rozan -- one of my favorite crime writers anyway -- has hit a new level with REFLECTING THE SKY. Maybe it's the Hong Kong setting, but something in this book brings out a new depth and maturity in Lydia Chin. She show a seriousness we haven't seen before as she and Bill Smith, working with (and sometimes against) an Alabama-raised, Chinese-American Hong Kong cop, try to solve a complicated case revolving around kidnapping, smuggling, and the meaning of family. I'm eyeing ticket prices to Hong Kong as I write this.
Rating: 3
Summary: I like the Bill Smith narrated novels best. This is a Lydia.
Comment: The first time I read a Rozan book, it was a Lydia Chin narrated book. I didn't like it at all. The second time, I read a Bill Smith narrated book and I couldn't believe that it was the same author. Now I've read another Lydia Chin and I'm kind of back to finding it only so-so.
The Hong Kong part of the book is interesting, and the plot isn't bad as such, but so much of the book depends on Chin's inner life and I just don't find it that interesting. Accordingly, I never really managed to engage the book or really care about what happened.
Back to Bill Smith for me.
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Title: A Bitter Feast by S. J. Rozan ISBN: 0312970110 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Stone Quarry by S. J. Rozan ISBN: 0312977034 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: No Colder Place (No Colder Place) by S. J. Rozan ISBN: 0312966644 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Mandarin Plaid (Lydia Chin, Bill Smith Mystery) by S. J. Rozan ISBN: 0312962835 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Winter and Night by S. J. Rozan ISBN: 0312986688 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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