This book is an unforgettable story of love and destiny, art and beauty, and passion that ties one person to another forever.

"Jason Zhou, his friends, and Daiyu ... play a treacherous cat and mouse game in the labyrinthine streets of Shanghai, determined on taking back what Jin had stolen"--

Sheng, Elettra, Harvey, and Mistral meet in Shanghai to find the Pearl of the Sea Dragon relic and complete the pact before Heremit Devil can stop them.

In line for the top politic position of the Shanghai Police Department, Chief Inspector Chen Cao is drawn into the investigation of a major party member's son, whose suspicious suicide in the face of corruption charges forces Chen to make a difficult choice.

Jim, an eleven-year-old British schoolboy living in Shanghai in 1941, must learn to survive on his own when he is separated from his parents and sent to a Japanese prison camp. Based on the author's own experiences during the Second World War.

Book 1 of a trilogy of saga of the Lu family of Shanghai, set in during the Mao era focusing on the 60's and 70's, highlighting the disastrous Cultural Revolution. This volume reflect the history of Shanghai under the reign of Mao. The story follows the families of two Lu brothers who exhibit their typical Shanghainese way of wheeling and dealing, while their women ached to adopt Western ways of independence but still unable to shed their traditional...

"When Camilla, a young orphan girl in Shanghai, is adopted and brought to live in luxury, it seems like a stroke of luck. But as Camilla grows to womanhood, she realizes that her "rescue" was part of gang leader Big Brother Wang's scheme. Camilla is trained in singing, dancing, knife-throwing and contortion--all to attract the attention of Wang's enemy, the ruthless Master Lung. Forced to become Master Lung's mistress, Camilla meets two other intriguing...

"After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling into a luxurious serviced apartment in Shanghai, Wei, Lina, and their daughter, Karen, join an elite community of Chinese-born, Western-educated professionals who have returned to a radically transformed city. One morning, in the eighth tower of Lanson Suites, Lina discovers that a treasured ivory bracelet has gone missing. This incident sets off a wave...