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Flower Net (Hardcover)

by Lisa See (Author)

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Product Details

Hardcover: 333 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Fiction; 1st edition edition (Sep 11 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060175273
ISBN-13: 978-0060175276
Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 3.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 567 g

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #765,715 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Inspector Liu, do I need to remind you that China has customs and rituals for dealing with guests?" says a top Chinese official to one his police investigators early in Lisa See's tremendously powerful debut thriller. "Remember that all foreigners are potentially dangerous. Don't be tempted to say what you think. Don't show anger or irritation. Be humble and careful and gracious. Draw them in. Let them think they have a connection to you, that they owe you, that they should never cause you any embarrassment. This is how we have treated outsiders for centuries. This is how you will treat this foreigner as long as he is our guest." The fact that the official is her father and the foreigner in question is her former lover, an assistant U.S. attorney named David Stark, makes things much more complicated for Liu Hulan. Hulan is a former Red Princess, one of the privileged children of Chairman Mao's most trusted aides. When two young men (the son of the American ambassador to China and the son of an immensely powerful Chinese businessman with possible criminal connections) are murdered under similar circumstances, Hulan and Stark are cynically manipulated by their respective governments into a joint investigation that exposes the worst of both countries. The situation also gives See a chance to meld her impressive talent for writing fiction with the solid journalism skills that invigorated her family saga On Gold Mountain.

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Following up her well-reviewed family history (On Gold Mountain, LJ 8/95), former Publishers Weekly West Coast correspondent See pens a fast-moving thriller set primarily in Beijing. After the son of the U.S. ambassador is found murdered in Beijing, and the son of a member of China's political elite is also discovered murdered on a boat filled with illegal aliens located off the California coast, Chinese policewoman Liu Hulan and American lawyer David Stark are assigned to work together to solve the crimes. (The two are no strangers, having been lovers when Liu interned at the California law firm where Stark was an associate.) As the investigation heats up, the perpetrator commits more gruesome murders. In unraveling the crimes, Liu and Stark find a deceitful pattern reaching into the highest levels of the Chinese and American governments. See offers readers many interesting insights into Chinese culture and recent history, but the writing is marked by cardboard characters, wooden dialog, and an unfortunate tendency to tell what's happening rather than showing it. Buy where On Gold Mountain was popular.
-?Nancy Pearl, Washington Ctr. for the Book, Seattle
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A truly intelligent and fast moving plot, Oct 21 1998

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This review is from: Flower Net (Mass Market Paperback)

I found this book hard to put down, with very ingenious plot twists, compelling characters, and an unusual and seductive international setting in Red China/CA. This book gets you thinking, and its clear and focused style is a joy to read in a genre that I often find overwhelmed by overblown style and simplistic plots.

Although I found the romance element to be unrealistic, the characters were well rendered, and the story unique enough to have me hoping that Flower Net will be the first in a series.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great fun read that tweaks the mystery genre, Sep 4 1998

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I have read very few mystery novels (mostly Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot tales as a child) and I was delighted and surprised to discover Flower Net. To have a woman take the typical "male role"--stoic and yet vulnerable at times is refreshing. To then have that woman be a Chinese woman is even more revolutionary in the context of detective novels (at least from what I know about that genre). Not ever having traveled to China, I'm not sure about the accuracy about See's details in that regard. (see other Amazon customers' reviews) However, as an Angeleno, I found her research and details to be incredibly accurate: small things like the US attorney's office being on the 13th floor, etc.

I hope that Lisa See writes many more books, including a sequel to Flower Net.

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4.0 out of 5 stars 4 Star Mystery "Who done it" with good background, Aug 24 1998

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Living in Beijing and reading this book, I would recommend it to anyone who likes the "who done it" stuff.

The author writes a mystery that could be believed. Obviously she knows Beijing (except Silk Road should be Silk Alley [Xiu Shui Lu]). Her place names and descriptions are for the most part very accurate and the descriptions of the "old road" from Beijing Capital Airport is very accurate. The descriptions of the Airport itself are good, but one has to have been there to understand it. The smells tell it all!!!!-- Just go to the "W.C." at Beijing Airport... You will be a believer!

A lot of history in the text makes it interesting. I am sure there will be a sequel...

It is a good "quick" read. Interesting, accurate, enjoyable, and fun, with some twists and turns as a good murder mystery should be. I would recommend -- it's good "who done it stuff." Take this book for what it is. Not a "Hemingway," but recommended "airplane" read. As good as Clancy or Brown on "techo-stuff" and as good as Ludlum or Le Carre' on the "spy stuff". This is fun and gives a good background on China. No Human Rights abuses, etc. Just some "eye for an eye" justice.

[Stuff is a "catch all phrase"]

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