City of dragons
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Published
New York : Minotaur Books, 2011.
Edition
First Minotaur Books paperback edition.
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LC Subjects
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Fiction.
Corbie, Miranda -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Drug traffic -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.
Nineteen forties -- Fiction.
Noir fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Women private investigators -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.
Corbie, Miranda -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Drug traffic -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.
Nineteen forties -- Fiction.
Noir fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Women private investigators -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.
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Published
New York : Minotaur Books, 2011.
Format
Book
Edition
First Minotaur Books paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 338 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"A Thomas Dunne book."
Description
Set in San Francisco in 1940, Stanley's stunning first in a new series introduces a gutsy, independent heroine who isn't always likable. As the city celebrates the Chinese New Year with the Rice Bowl Party, a three-day carnival to raise money for China's war relief, PI Miranda Corbie sees Eddie Takahashi, a young Japanese numbers runner, shot dead in front of her on a crowded, fireworks-filled Chinatown street. When the police tell her to forget about Takahashi (chalk him up to Nanking), the outraged Miranda decides to seek justice on her own. In her quest for Takahashi's killer, she encounters racism and sexism at nearly every turn. A former escort who's reinvented herself as a detective, the 33-year-old Miranda isn't taken seriously by the cops, who enjoy rehashing her past.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Stanley, K. (2011). City of dragons (First Minotaur Books paperback edition.). Minotaur Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stanley, Kelli. 2011. City of Dragons. Minotaur Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stanley, Kelli. City of Dragons Minotaur Books, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Stanley, Kelli. City of Dragons First Minotaur Books paperback edition., Minotaur Books, 2011.
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