Death Money
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3.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
When a floater that surfaces in the Harlem River turns out to be Chinese, Yu leaves his downtown precinct to investigate. Yu knocks on the usual doors, and the trail leads to the Gee family, noodle manufacturers who on the surface look like the ideal immigrant success story.
When the body of an unidentified Asian man is found in the Harlem River, NYPD Detective Jack Yu is pulled in to investigate. The murder takes Jack from the benevolent associations of Chinatown to the take-out restaurants, strip clubs, and underground gambling establishments of the Bronx, to a wealthy, exclusive New Jersey borough. It's a world of secrets and unclear allegiances, of Chinatown street gangs and major Triad players. With the help of an elderly fortune teller and an old friend, the unpredictable Billy Bow, Jack races to solve his most difficult case yet.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Born and raised in Manhattan's Chinatown, Chang puts his familiarity with the neighborhood to good use in his fourth novel featuring NYPD officer Jack Yu (after 2010's Red Jade). When a floater that surfaces in the Harlem River turns out to be Chinese, Yu leaves his downtown precinct to investigate. Eventually, the authorities identify the dead man as Yao Sing Chang. Yao worked for about a month at a Chinese restaurant under an alias, but little else is clear about him. Yu knocks on the usual doors, looking into street gangs and the shadowy tongs that control the lives of Chinatown's residents. The trail leads to the Gee family, noodle manufacturers who on the surface are an immigrant success story. While the investigation follows familiar lines, the depiction of a Chinatown that tourists don't see (e.g., seedy strip clubs) sets this apart from other gritty police procedurals.
