Some girls were paired with laotongs, “old sames,” in emotional matches that lasted throughout their lives. “See succeeds in widening the reader’s knowledge about the politics and culture of contemporary China while racing along with an absorbing story.In nineteenth-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communication: nu shu (“women’s writing”). This book truly captures man’s constant desire for material gain, and one unusual detective’s goal to right the wrongs in her world.” See does for Chinese antiquities what Elizabeth Peters did for the Dead Sea Scrolls in The Dead Sea Cipher.”
“The novel flows beautifully, engaging readers in the mystery while gently introducing them to China’s rich cultural history. The novel not only is a page-turner but is also timely.” It reveals the emotional and economical entanglement of China with the West, and tells a story of violence, lust, greed, fear, and desperation. “Mixing history, myths, and current events, Dragon Bones is an extraordinarily rich novel. See’s China is as vivid as Upton Sinclair’s Chicago.” with convincing depth, and offers up documentary social detail that reeks of freshly raked muck. “Lisa See is one of the classier practitioners of. “Stays with you long after the conventional thriller is forgotten.” See’s China is as vivid as Upton Sinclair’s Chicago.” - The New York Times Book Review
“Stays with you long after the conventional thriller is forgotten.” - The Washington Post Book World In the end, she solves a mystery as big, unruly, and complex as China itself. Getting to the bottom of ever-spiraling events, Hulan unearths more scandals, confronts more murderers, and revives tragic memories that shake her tormented marriage to its core. And haunting Hulan’s investigation is the possible theft of ancient dragon bones that might alter the history of civilization itself.
The case starts at a rally for a controversial cult that ends suddenly in bloodshed, and leads to the apparent murder of an American archaeologist, which officials want to keep quiet. Now her latest case finds her trapped between her country’s distant past and her own recent history. Liu Hulan is the Inspector in China’s Ministry of Public Security whose tough style rousts wrongdoers and rubs her superiors the wrong way. In a magnificent land where myth mixes treacherously with truth, one woman is in charge of telling them apart.
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