The First Excellence ~ Fa-ling's Map

Winner of the 2011 Indie Book Event Award for excellence in fiction.

What happens when East bleeds into West? Join Fa-ling on an incredible journey into the heart of mainland China. Searching for her lost heritage, Fa-ling encounters murder, kidnapping, political intrigue and organ theft. With Detective Wang Yong-qi and his brilliant but uncouth partner Cheng Minsheng, Fa-ling must uncover a high-stakes kidnapping plot – before another child goes missing!

Donna Carrick is the award-winning author of several crime novels and anthologies, including The First Excellence, Gold And Fishes, The Noon God and Sept-Iles and Other Places.