{"product_id":"book-atjr","title":"Flower Net","description":"In \u003ci\u003eFlower Net,\u003c\/i\u003e Lisa See gives us a China not often seen: An extraordinary nation that is at once admirable and frightening.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere the veil is ripped away from modern China--its venerable culture, its teeming economy, its institutionalized cruelty--and the inextricable link between China's fortunes and America's  is underscored.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the depths of a Beijing winter, during the waning days of Deng Xiaoping's reign, the U.S. ambassador's son is found dead--his body entombed in a frozen lake.  Almost simultaneously, American officials find a ship adrift in the storm-churned waters off Southern California.  No one is surprised to find the fetid hold crammed with hundreds of undocumented Chinese immigrants--the latest cargo in the Chinese mafia's burgeoning smuggling trade.  What \u003ci\u003edoes\u003c\/i\u003e surprise Assistant U.S. Attorney David Stark is his discovery that among the hapless refugees lies the corpse of a Red Prince, a scion of China's political elite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Chinese and American governments suspect that the deaths are connected, and in an unprecedented move they join forces to solve this cross-cultural crime.  Stark heads for Beijing to team up with police detective Liu Hulan, whose unorthodox methods are tolerated only because of her spectacular investigative abilities.  Their investigation carries them into virtually every corner of today's China, and leads them to Los Angeles's thriving Asian community--where their search turns up a bloodthirsty murderer at the apex of China's power structure.  Their work together also ignites their passion for each other--a passion forbidden by their respective governments, and one that plays right into the hands of a serial killer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn accomplished stage actress, Elaina Davis performed in \u003ci\u003eHamlet,\u003c\/i\u003e and in \u003ci\u003eRichard II\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTroilus \u0026amp; Cressida\u003c\/i\u003e for the New York Shakespeare Festival.  She was a principal character on television's \u003ci\u003eAs The World Turns,\u003c\/i\u003e and has appeared in the film \u003ci\u003eContact.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49340968698160,"sku":"BDatjr","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/265827-atjr-Square.jpg?v=1734051937","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-atjr","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}