Dim Sum Asylum

De: Rhys Ford

Narrado por: Greg Tremblay

Welcome to Dim Sum Asylum: a San Francisco where it's a ho-hum kind of case when a cop has to chase down an enchanted two-foot-tall shrine god statue with an impressive Fu Manchu mustache that's running around Chinatown trolling sex magic and chaos in its wake.

Senior Inspector Roku MacCormick of the Chinatown Arcane Crimes Division faces a pile of challenges far beyond his human-faerie heritage - snarling dragons guarding C-Town's multiple gates and exploding noodle factories. After a case goes sideways, Roku is saddled with Trent Leonard, a new partner he can't trust, to add to the crime syndicate family he doesn't want and a spell-casting serial killer he desperately needs to find.

While Roku would rather stay home with Bob the Cat and whiskey himself to sleep, he puts on his badge and gun every day, determined to serve and protect the city he loves. When Chinatown's dark mystical underworld makes his life hell and the case turns deadly, Trent guards Roku's back and, if Trent can be believed, his heart...even if from what Roku can see, Trent is as dangerous as the monsters and criminals they're sworn to bring down.

©2017 Rhys Ford (P)2017 Dreamspinner Press

For Rhys Ford and Greg Tremblay fans

Rhys Ford mixes magic, police, San Francisco, crime families and m/m romance in a fast paced book. Detective Roku gets a new partner and a bizarre new mystery full of magical creatures on the same day. The investigation takes them into the dark corners of Chinatown with complications added by Roku's crime lord grandfather. The two detectives bond slowly and the romance is pretty low key but satisfying. Roku has a lot of charm and a lot of personal baggage. Rhys Ford is always a fun read and her partnership with narrator Greg Tremblay continues to produce great audiobooks. He is a favorite of mine and he does his usual stellar narration with unique voices, great accents and an emphatic (but not overdone) reading. All and all another win for Rhys Ford and Greg Tremblay.

Great Listen! Perfect mix of sci fi fantasy & sex.

Well developed story and characters. Fantastic detail that painted a vivid picture for each situation. Sexy without being gratuitous.

4.5 Stars!

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Note: Dim Sum Asylum was originally a short story Rhys Ford had in a Dreamspinner anthology that has been developed into a full length novel.

Set in San Francisco's Chinatown where dragons and Faerie are real and magic is prevalent, Dim Sum Asylum is told from the first person, single POV of Roku MacCormick, a half-Fae, Senior Inspector of the Chinatown Arcane Crimes Division.

As far as I remember, much of the original short story is included but has been completely fleshed out - especially the relationship between Roku and his new partner Trent.

I am in love with Greg Tremblay's narration for Dim Sum Asylum!

I loved the pacing of the story and narration - Tremblay brilliantly conveys the action and whirlwind events that occur keeping the listener engrossed from the first few moments until the very last surprise.

There really isn't a pause in the breakneck pace of the story, which could have felt too much, but is expertly progressed through the narration. I really feel like this is some of Rhys Ford's and Greg Tremblay's best work.

Tremblay does such an awesome job with character voices, timing, emotion...it's all so well done I know this will make its way into my auto-rotation for relistening.

All the loose ends are neatly tied up in the end but there is definitely enough to warrant more stories featuring Roku set in this world.

I for one hope Rhys Ford turns this into a new series and that Greg TTremblay narrates it!

Recommended!

Not the usual homo cop story

I enjoyed this a lot. Quirky story, nice main characters and very well presented. A bit of fantasy, mixed with a detective story.

Fun and different

Part SiFi and part fantasy with a dash of man on man action. Over all a fun book.

Dragons, Fairies and Assassins

Love Rhys Fords characters! The draw you in and make you want more. I hope this becomes a series!

Great story, great narrator

The writing is beautiful, very visual and I could see the San Francisco the author described. Loved seeing the relationship between Roku and Trent develop and the mystery was compelling. To say Greg Tremblay's narration was good is an understatement. He makes a good story great and a great story fantastic!

Rhys Ford & Greg Tremblay equal perfection

I'll admit to being a total Fordophile - if Rhys rewrote the phonebook, I'd read it. Combine her powers of awesomeness with Greg Tremblay's narrative genuis and you have a total eargasm! I already loved the book so it was always a given I'd enjoy the audio version. It goes without saying that I FLOVED this. The pace was perfect, accents did not grate or feel forced, and Greg's choice of vocal chatacterisation for each character worked perfectly. I'll definitely be going back for a relisten or ten. A definite 5 stars for me

Fun story

I enjoyed the story and the narration was excellent! I recommend this audiobook. This is my second audiobook by this author and I’m sure I’ll keep looking for more.

Very entertaining

I'm impressed by the world building and the narrator's ability to pronounce many of the China Town cultural references. I had to go to Google more than once to discover what different phrases and foods were. I've listened to the story on my own and again with my husband in the car; it was enjoyable both times.