FLEEING THE DRAGON

A Sun-jin 1945 Shanghai Mystery

Shanghai, China. 1945. What if you are ordered to solve a complicated crime, under almost impossible conditions, and will face unthinkable repercussions if you fail to promptly deliver the solution?
That is what happens to Shanghai-based private investigator Sun-jin when the exiled president of China orders him to find out who tried to assassinate his wife when she was on a secret diplomatic mission for him in Japanese-occupied Shanghai.
With the clock ticking, Sun-jin quickly learns that solving a crime in an enemy-occupied city — even a city you know like the back of your hand — is neither easy nor safe. There are curfews to deal with, informants everywhere, patrolling enemy soldiers to avoid, and restrihistoory of china, history of shanghai,ctions on visiting parts of the city.
Will Sun-jin be able to ask his questions, visit prohibited places, fend off informants, and poke his nose where it doesn’t belong, and still avoid being accused by the Japanese of spying for China?
Will he solve the mystery in time to avoid punishment by China’s president?
FLEEING THE DRAGON is a fast-paced historical mystery, full of twists and turns, that dishes out the exotic flavors of Shanghai in the final year of World War II.