The Chinese Doll
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The Chinese Doll
What happens when your matchmaker turns out to be the Chinese Communist Party?
Australian artificial intelligence expert, Daniel Petersen, is tricked into a relationship with Mei Wong, a member of the local Chinese diaspora.
Mei is an innocent and reluctant participant in a plot planned over many years and driven by China's insatiable need for intelligence.
By accident, the plot is revealed and the Australian Federal Police, and other global security resources, detect similar plots afoot worldwide. A global sweep of the local diaspora is executed to scoop up perpetrators and victims.
Undaunted by the attack on their network, the CCP, having initially failed to get what they want in secret, up the stakes in a rash move that threatens both Daniel's and Mei's lives.
When their Plan B goes awry the CCP activities are exposed to the world, and they are forced into sweeping changes with ramifications at the pinnacle of their despotic regime.
Customer Reviews
Thriller that builds from Australia in the 2020’s
This topical thriller builds action from events that mirror the real situation in Australia 2023.
The mobilization of the Chinese diaspora through intimidation is well documented in the real world and portrayed here sympathetically.
This does not diminish the threat to national security that follows from such manipulation.
The story arc of the reluctant spy is well written and very believable.
The thriller narrative steadily builds pace until the first resolution. The final third of the book then evolves seamlessly into a riveting action sequence.
Perfect script for a great movie… but has the film industry got the guts to stand up to the inevitable political and economic punishment that could follow ?
Great read.
This was a great read. Very realistic and captured you from the very beginning.
Can’t wait for the film.
EDGE OF YOUR SEAT THRILLER
A great first published novel from the author Ian McBride who really captures a sense of Australia and China in current time.
The cleverness and authenticity of manipulation has you on the edge of your seat from the beginning.