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From semitones to Semillon Blanc, Li-an's luck changes tune when she bags a job abroad. What's the catch? She is.Chicago, 1980. Cold, poor and starving, immigrant Li-an is a bad con artist and a brilliant musician. When she wows a mysterious Italian businessman in the Drake Hotel with her piano-pounding, she's snapped up to play in the sin city of Macau. In a heartbeat, she's there. With new killer clothes, her own pavilion in a private estate and a dinner show, she finds easy livin' not that easy. Trafficking and tongs sure ain't music to her ears. She's only just left her life of crime by coming to this beat. When her employer collapses in the pool at a party, Li-an knows it's no accident.She's trapped with no employment and no ticket home. Who is he and is it even a pizza restaurant? When danger comes pounding at the pavilion, Li-an desperately needs to save herself from the island's dark undercurrents. Will she find a way to escape alive?Heart of Glass is a standalone and also a sequel to White Crane Strikes. Fans of Lehane, Hammett and Chandler will love this wise-cracking and streetsmart thriller.

Equally nostalgic yet nightmarish, Lime Pickled is a short story collection set in a fictional Malaysia on the murky themes of exploitation, ecological damage, poverty, abuse and loss.Nefarious characters interact with the oppressed in the richly-textured familiar and amoral setting of modern Asia. Marc de Faoite's storytelling, gritty, yet detached, hints at traditional folklore with a brush of Zola's naturalism. Dark, surreal, heartwarming and funny, the range in this collection hits the spot in a multitude of ways. The initial primal shock cuts deep but these controversial and hard-hitting stories of human suffering, desperation and courage will stay with you for a long time.

An old English country house. A romantic rambling garden. A new start.Have you ever fallen in love with a house? What if you had to leave London and begin all over? Would you take the chance to live your dream?Antique dealers Rosalind and her husband chanced upon Cranglegate, a rundown 17th century Grade II-listed building in the small market town of Swaffham, Norfolk. Rosalind takes us on a restoration adventure. Despite having two young children, the couple transform a tired house into a terrific home. The foreword contributed by Rosalind's architect son would fascinate architectural history buffs. Funny, whimsical and optimistic, this illustrated memoir of an antique dealing family's transformative journey will capture your hearts.If like architectural history, English country life and family stories, you'll love Cranglegate.¿ Start reading Cranglegate and jump in on the adventure today. ¿