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THE WATER RAT OF WANCHAI

Ian Hamilton

An Ava Lee Novel

Ava Lee Series
THE WATER RAT OF WANCHAI (2011) - THE DISCIPLE OF LAS VEGAS (2011) - THE WILD BEASTS OF WUHAN (2011) - THE RED POLE OF MACAU (2012) - THE SCOTTISH BANKER OF SURABAYA (2013) - THE TWO SISTERS OF BORNEO (2014) - THE KING OF SHANGHAI (2014) - THE PRINCELING OF NANJING (2015) - THE COUTURIER OF MILAN (2017) - THE IMAM OF TAWI-TAWI (2018) - THE GODDESS OF YANTAI (2018) - THE MOUNTAIN MASTER OF SHA TIN (2019) - THE DIAMOND QUEEN OF SINGAPORE (2020)

THE WATER RAT OF WANCHAI: East meets West and white-collar crime meets the global criminal underworld in this exhilarating new series.

Ava Lee is a petite young Chinese-Canadian forensic accountant who works for an elderly Hong Kong-based "Uncle". In tracking millions of dollars across continents the stakes are often high, sometimes violent and always shady but Ava Lee's razor-sharp intelligence and unorthodox rules of engagement allow her to succeed where traditional methods have failed.

In The Water Rat of Wanchai Ava Lee's forensic search in the seafood business takes her to three continents only to confront a godfather-like figure who decides he wants a piece of her $5,000,000 action.

This is the first novel in a planned series featuring the fascinating heroine Ava Lee. These are complex and suspenseful novels with a fascinating worldwide scope. Anansi Press bought world rights to this series in a four-book deal, all four of which will be published in the course of 2011 and 2012.

Ian Hamilton has written for Maclean's, Boston Magazine and Saturday Night. He has worked as a journalist, diplomat, businessman, senior government official and as a consultant in the seafood business.

DIE WASSERRATTE VON WANCHAI
Deutsch von Simone Jakob
[HC: Kein & Aber 07/11; TB: Kein & Aber 03/15]
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Published 2011-01-01 by House of Anansi Press

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Strada Films to develop a limited tv series for CBC based on Ian Hamilton's Ava Lee crime fiction series. Strada Films will produce with series creator Karen Walton (formerly of Orphan Black). 16.12.2014

UK: Sphere; USA: Picador; France: 10/18; Spain: Ediciones Umbriel; Netherlands: Luitingh-Sijthoff; Brazil: Saraiva; Turkey: Nemesis;