In Ian Hamilton's The Red Pole of Macau, family ties
are stressed to the limit when intrepid forensic accountant Ava Lee must rescue
her half brother, Michael, and his business partner, Simon, from a disastrous
multimillion-dollar real-estate deal in Macau. When the developers turn out to
be gangsters, Michael and Simon are threatened with bankruptcy and much worse.
Ava struggles to salvage the deal and her family's money, but then Simon is
kidnapped, and the rules of the game abruptly change.
Determined to keep her mentor, Uncle, out of the affair, Ava is
forced to turn to a former client, the cunning and seductive May Ling Wong, for
help. With time running out, Ava must use all her skills to outwit the
gangsters, rescue Simon, and save her family's future.
The Red Pole of Macau
(Thriller)
An Ava Lee Novel #4
By Ian Hamilton
Picador
ISBN #978-1250032317
Price $15.00
336 Pages
Rating 5-stars
“Smooth Writing.”
Lok, once a Red Pole of
the Triad, brought Ava’s half brother, Michael Lee and his partner Simon, into
a land scam. Lok won’t return the money, so Ava must bring Lok and his men down
the hard way. That means following the money, and calling in some favors where
needed, then invading a tightly secured compound against well-armed gangsters
before it’s all over.
This was another
well-written novel featuring the forensic accountant trained in bak mei martial
arts. The writing is smooth, the plot
deep and twisting, and the characters three-dimensional. Highly recommended for
action lovers.
Tom Johnson
Author of THE MAN IN THE
BLACK FEDORA
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