In the latest thrilling novel in the Ava Lee series, Ava launches an
investigation into a fraudulent investment scheme that sends her around
the globe on the trail of illegal diamonds, drug smuggling, and offshore
banking.
Ava and Pang Fai are in Toronto to attend a party at the home of Ava's
mother, Jennie Lee. When Ava's best friend, Mimi, fails to appear, Ava
goes looking for her. She finds Mimi at home, distraught over the death
of her father, who has taken his own life after losing the family's
savings in a fraudulent investment scheme. Moved to avenge this tragedy
and recover the stolen money, Ava launches an investigation that takes
her to cities on three continents.
As she tracks the money, Ava is thrust into the underworld of illegal
diamond trading, international drug smuggling, and the world's most
secretive offshore banking haven. Along the way, a number of Ava's old
friends offer their assistance--from her business partner, May Ling
Wong, to her ge ge, the Mountain Master of Shanghai, Xu. Most poignant
of all, Ava is visited in her dreams by Uncle, who offers her
much-needed guidance as she confronts a new face of power and
corruption.