Finale
The Lost Decades of Uncle Chow Tung
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4.7 • 38 Ratings
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
The fourth and final installment in Ian Hamilton’s exhilarating Ava Lee spin-off series The Lost Decades of Uncle Chow Tung.
Following a diagnosis of terminal cancer, Uncle begins preparing for his inevitable death. As he sets his affairs in order, he recalls the moments in his life that meant the most to him — including his first encounter with the talented forensic accountant Ava Lee and the origins of their life-changing partnership.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Forensic accountant and detective do-gooder Ava Lee loves Uncle Chow Tung like a grandfather, making his terminal diagnosis all the more heart-wrenching. In the last book of his enthralling side series, Ian Hamilton handles the death of the former crime boss with dignity and humanity, giving him a poignant—and engrossing—farewell. In flashbacks, we also get the origin story of his unusual crime-fighting relationship with Ava, which provides fascinating new insights into both characters. Finale is a powerful last tribute to one of our favourite mystery characters of this century.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in 2015, Hamilton's bittersweet fourth and final outing for Uncle Chow Tung (after 2021's Fortune) opens with Uncle, the former leader of Hong Kong's Fanling Triad, learning that he has inoperable stomach cancer. Despite this grim diagnosis, Uncle and his partner, forensic accountant Ava Lee, investigate a scam involving a Vietnamese businessman, a Canadian bank, and the disappearance of around $30 million of investors' money. When Uncle and Ava uncover an elaborate scheme to launder Italian mafia money, he realizes this will be of interest to the Hong Kong police. The exciting resolution to this case leaves several dead. Meanwhile, as Uncle undergoes chemotherapy, he often dreams about his fiancée, Lin Gui-San, who drowned when the two fled Mainland China in 1959 by swimming across Shenzhen Bay to Hong Kong. Uncle also continues to engage in his passion for gambling on horse races and makes a last trip to Shanghai to pursue a distribution deal. At the poignant conclusion, after a stroke in the hospital, Uncle has a vision of his old, deceased friends and his beloved Gui-San. Series fans will be sorry to see the last of Uncle.
