Nine Dragons

Nine DragonsThe shooting of a Chinese liquor store owner in LA brings Harry Bosch back to the Rodney King riots and the moment a stranger gave a young cop sanctuary. Now the debt must be repaid, and Harry soon discovers the old man's death was no ordinary hold up. Homing in on clues disregarded by the cops on the scene, Harry builds a picture of corruption and intimidation, with the local Triads at the heart of it. But as he tries to build a case and breach the

seeking the places of wounding and hurt - new and ancient entities gather

Its bedtime for Nutsy the Robot

from the shores of Cuba to the swinging streets of Sixties London

together with an introductory chapter on cost modelling

everything goes wrong

filled with multiverses and what-ifs

the country has been largely a black box to the West

Now it's up to China to determine who wanted her out of the picture

and it's always the sidekick who takes one for the team

those with a particular penchant for statues

Then there's Violet Devohr

But they're about to get much stranger