One Last Dance Before I Die by Michael Jecks (.ePUB)
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One Last Dance Before I Die by Michael Jecks (Shanghailanders #1)
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Overview: Shanghai 1922.
It seems an oasis of calm, a western city in China, where the champagne flows and men make fortunes while enjoying themselves in cabarets and brothels; a cosmopolitan playground for the rich and famous. But below the surface, gangs control the streets. Prostitution, drugs, gambling – these are the pursuits of poor and wealthy alike.
This is Shanghai, the city where life is cheap, death is commonplace, and the law doesn’t apply. To millionaires and politicians it is a welcome staging-post; to others, it is a city founded on sin and corruption. Many come to make money, by any means. To Detective Rod Cottey of the Shanghai Municipal Police, Shanghai provides an escape from the hideous mechanised warfare of the Western Front. Yet even here his demons pursue him.
Called to investigate the murder of a rich banker’s chauffeur, Rod is soon thrust into the world of arms-dealers, drugs and prostitutes. Above all, he learns that Shanghai is built on secrets. And secrets can be dangerous – even deadly. As he discovers more about the killing of the chauffeur, he begins to discover just how deadly information can be …
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
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