The Only Girl in China
by Eric Qiao
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Pub Date May 13 2016 | Archive Date Jul 31 2019
Description
Adoptee Ed Li is on a mission to find his missing sister. An elaborate plan is devised that involves him teaching in a rural Chinese village, which Ed soon discovers it isn't his idea of a good time. In fact, when he sees a chance to quit, he takes it. But just before he can get out of Dodge, a local girl is murdered.
Suspect? That Chinese teacher from America: Ed.
With the help of his female colleague, Ed sets out to clear his name, uncovering a web of deceit in a village that's on the verge of becoming a lucrative jade mine. The deeper he digs, the more horrors he unearths. With memories of his sister drawing uncanny parallels to the victim's life, possibility of redemption and revenge looms.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781509207947 |
| PRICE | $5.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Tracy D, Reviewer
I'm a big fan of mysteries, and I enjoyed this unique novel that takes place in China. Ed and Lorrie are two UNICEF volunteers who want to teach in a small Chinese town for their own secret reasons. The plot is propulsive and I read this in a single setting. My copy was an ARC, which had a good bit of editing left and that made for a few rough patches and the writing is only mediocre and the dialogue sometimes irritating (like Ed's affectation of saying "For serious", which makes you take him, well, not so seriously). But overall, the plot makes it all worthwhile. Solid debut.
