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Flower Net: A Red Princess Mystery (Red Princess Mysteries)
by Lisa See
from Random House Trade Paperbacks

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Love Story Weak
  We are reading this book, Flower Net as our next read for our Book Club. I was interested in reading about China and thought a Chinese Mystery would be helpful, it was, but the love story was weak and I didn't find the main characters at all interesting. I probably will not read any more in this series.

• Murder and mystery in China
  It's not often that a novel gives the reader an insight into a secretive foreign country, but this excellent book actually does that for China. In addition to the murders and the mysteries, there is a running font of information about life in China around 1996 or so. It is very instructive to a Westerner to learn how everyday life is regimented to an almost unreal degree, down to even folks whe can come into your home and check your refrigerator! The writing is first-rate, and the plot moves along quite... more info

• Fascinating Chinese Intrigue
  The sights, sounds and smells of modern day China leap from each page of this complex mystery. Assistant US Attorney, David Stark is reunited with his former lover, Liu Hulan of the Chinese Ministry of Public Safety as they unravel a mystery involving gangs and the illegal shipment of medicinal products made from endangered specieis, into the US. The resolution reaches to the highest levels of both governments involving six murders along the way.
  Liu Hulan had been educated in the US, received a law... more info

• Fascinating View Of Chinese Culture
  This is a difficult book to review. If I could rate the portions set in China, I'd hastily give the novel a five star rating. On the other hand, I'd have to give three stars to the sections set in America. See's descriptive flare, which I've enjoyed immensely in her other fiction works, sparkles when the characters are in China - as do her Chinese characters. I especially liked the doctor of herbal medicine. Some of the U.S. law enforcement agents are a bit flat and the relationship between Hulan and David... more info

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