The Red Princess Mysteries: Flower Net : A Red Princess Mystery (Series #1) (Paperback)

from bcquinnsmom

1st in a series of books featuring US Attorney David Stark and Ministry of Public Security inspector Liu Hulan; this would have been a pretty decent book if she could have not made it a semi-romance. Like, I'm not sure exactly how the two characters getting romantically involved again and reminis...

from sumariotter

This mystery is flawed but it seemed so well-researched and the history so interesting that I did not mind the plot being somewhat far-fetched and the characters not very fleshed out. I do not know a lot about modern China so it was fascinating to me and makes me want to learn more. Occasionally ...

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Back in 1997, Lisa See began a mystery trilogy set in China. The Flower Net introduces the main characters, Liu Hulan, a Chinese female investigator with a mysterious past and David Stark, an American attorney. In a rare collaboration, they are brought together by their countries to solve two mur...

from TigsW

This book had its interesting moments,mainly around Chinese history. The writing was fine, but does not stand out in any way. The romantic moments were rather trite. The characters not terribly well developed/convincing. The story as a whole had a "canned" feel to it -- the requisite amount of in...

from fefferbooks

'Kay. I almost gave up on this one halfway through. There just wasn't enough going on to draw me to the characters--fair amount of plot, but no personality. But just as I was going to toss it in the pile, there was a little glimmer of something, and I hung on. It got interesting from there, and s...