The seventh novel in the Ava Lee series finds
Ava getting caught up in the election for the chairmanship of the Triad
Societies.
Ava steps into her new business with May Ling
Wong and her sister-in-law, Amanda. On a trip to Shanghai, Ava meets with Xu, a
young man Uncle had been mentoring and who is also the head of the Triad in
Shanghai. Xu makes an audacious business proposal that she and May are
compelled to consider. Meanwhile, separately and privately, he confides to Ava
that he intends to run for the chairmanship of the Triad Societies and attempts
to recruit her as his adviser and confidante.
Against her will, Ava becomes enmeshed in
Triad warfare and her future is threatened . . .
The King of Shanghai (International Intrigue)
By Ian Hamilton
ISBN #9781770892460
Price $10.84
388 Pages
Rating 5-Stars
Ava, May Ling, and Amanda are working hard to complete several
deals with their new business, The Three Sisters, a few of the deals could cost
them upwards of thirty million American dollars, and there are some problems
completing the deals for all concerned. To add to Ava’s trouble, they are in
Shanghai, where Xu runs the Yan Yee Tong, a powerful Triad organization consisting
of over four thousand loyal members. Xu is also running for chairman of all the
Triad groups, but is opposed by an older gentleman who wants to run them in the
old way. Xu wants to bring youth to the organization, and expand his business.
He also wants Ava to be part of the new organization. She is opposed to the
idea until an assassin attempt is made on her and Xu, leaving him severely
wounded. Now she helps hold the organization together while he recovers, and
that means negotiating with the enemy before war breaks out among the Triads.
This was another great Ava Lee adventure, as she travels from
Hong Kong to Shanghai, and Canada, while dealing with the new multi-million
dollar business, plus diplomatically stopping a triad war.
Tom Johnson
Author of THE MAN IN THE BLACK
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