{"product_id":"death-of-the-yellow-swan-steven-m-roth-9781732874831","title":"Death of the Yellow Swan: A 1930s Shanghai Murder Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHANGHAI, 1937. Someone has killed the Yellow Swan \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho murdered that beautiful, beguiling, erotic half-Japanese, half-Chinese nightclub singer with whom all of Shanghai is enthralled\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas it one of her jealous lovers? Was it the nearby, hovering Japanese military who thought she was a spy for the Chinese? Or was it the Chinese who thought she was a spy for the Japanese?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs July's heat and humidity wrap themselves around the city, and suck the energy from Shanghai's Chinese, Japanese, and British communities, tensions steadily rise. The Japanese military is looking for any excuse to occupy Shanghai and to promote its plan to conquer Asia. Will the murder of its national -- the Yellow Swan -- give the army the \"Incident\" it has been looking for?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot if Sun-jin has anything to say about it. Solving the murder becomes Sun-jin's race against the clock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Sun-jin rushes to identify the Yellow Swan's killer -- with the clock ticking down and with obstacle after obstacle springing up to block him -- he takes us through the exotic world of Shanghai in 1937, with its back-alley informants, its all-night entertainment clubs, its sing-song girls, its crime bosses, and its criminal triads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatching through Sun-jin's eyes, we experience -- in this mystery full of twists and turns -- the best and the worst aspects of this pleasure-mad, strife-ridden city, as it teeters on the brink of World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven M. Roth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1732874832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732874831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blackstone Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.74d","brand":"Steven M. Roth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088742166783,"sku":"9781732874831","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a2dd7db1-fb19-4329-bdb3-e97143933a81.jpg?v=1769106372","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/death-of-the-yellow-swan-steven-m-roth-9781732874831","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}