For my
Guilty Pleasure nomination, I'd like to nominate
The Water Rat of Wanchai, the first of the
Ava Lee books from Ian Hamilton. Really, these are my guilty pleasures. They're fast, they're fun, and Ava Lee always wins. Think Modesty Blaise, but with a Lesbian, Canadian, ethnically Chinese, forensic accountant as the protagonist. I mean really, with that combination, how could you possibly lose?!
From Amazon.ca:
Quote:
Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel
A CBC Bookie Award: Mystery and Thriller, Finalist
A Quill & Quire Book of the Year
An Amazon.ca Editors’ Pick
In the first electrifying book of the series, Ian Hamilton introduces us to Ava Lee — the smartest, most stylish heroine in crime fiction since Lisbeth Salandar.
Ava Lee is a young Chinese-Canadian forensic accountant who works for an elderly Hong Kong–based “Uncle,” who may or may not have ties to the Triads. At 115 lbs., she hardly seems a threat. But her razorsharp intellect and resourcefulness allows her to succeed where traditional methods have failed.
In The Water Rat of Wanchai, Ava travels across continents to track $5 million owed by a seafood company. But it’s in Guyana where she meets her match: Captain Robbins, a huge hulk of a man and godfather-like figure who controls the police, politicians, and criminals alike. In exchange for his help, he decides he wants a piece of Ava’s $5 million action and will do whatever it takes to get his fair share . .
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AmazonUS: $9.99
AmazonCA: $7.93 CDN
AmazonUK: £2.99 (Title change:
The Deadly Touch of the Tigress)
AmazonAU: $12.99 AUD (Title change:
The Deadly Touch of the Tigress)
Goodreads
Overdrive
There's a bundle available in Canada of the first two books plus a shorter prequel for $14.99 CDN. I can provide a link if you wish.
The book is listed with several different page numbers, depending on what country you're in, but appears to be ~400 pages. And I might add, they go quickly!