It's a great honor when Grandfather Gao, a family friend and elder in New York's Chinatown community, asks Lydia Chin and her partner Bill Smith to go to Hong Kong to deliver the ashes of an old friend for burial, a letter from that friend to his brother, and a vauable jade figu…
"Lydia Chin, a Chinese-American private investigator in her late twenties, is hired by Grandfather Gao, one of the most respected figures in New York City's Chinatown, for what appears to be a simple task. Lydia, along with her professional partner Bill Smith, is to fly to Hong …
Ghost hero: a lydia chin/bill smith novel
by Rozan, S. J.
fromBill Smith/Lydia Chin Novels
"Rozan again proves that the private detective novel thrives in the 21st century."--Oline Cogdill, The Sun-Sentinel on On the LineAmerican-Born Chinese PI Lydia Chin is called in on what appears to be a simple case. Jeff Dunbar, art world insider, wants her to track down a rumor…
Investigating a rumor about new paintings by a famous contemporary Chinese artist who has been dead for twenty years, private investigator Lydia Chin and her partner, Bill Smith, discover that a new client is not who he claims to be.
"Private detective Bill Smith is hurtled headlong into the most provocative--and personal--case of his career when he receives a chilling late night telephone call from the NYPD, who are holding his fifteen-year-old nephew Gary. But before he can find out what's going on, Gary e…
"In the middle of the night, private investigator Bill Smith is awakened by a call from the NYPD. They're holding a fifteen-year-old kid named Gary - a kid Bill knows. But before he can find out what's going on, Gary escapes Bill's custody and disappears into the dark night and …
Private investigator Bill Smith tracks a fifteen-year-old boy who has escaped police custody back to his home town in New Jersey, where he hopes to learn more about why the boy is on the run.
Private investigator Bill Smith tracks a fifteen-year-old boy who has escaped police custody back to his home town in New Jersey, where he hopes to learn more about why the boy is on the run.