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Originally Posted by gmw
So a quieter than expected work day let me finish this up quickly...
The Deadly Touch of the Tigress by Ian Hamilton. (aka: The Water Rat of Wanchai). The first of the Ava Lee thrillers. It wasn't until page 180 that I finally got properly interested. Up to there it was mostly travelogue*. The main character is not without interest, aside from the obvious we also learn she is not a particularly nice** person. After page 180 things stop going all her way and the story finally gets an edge to it, which made the last 100 pages a fun ride. All up I'm letting this scrape a 3/5.
th a willingness for violence that I normally associate with the less savoury of that profession. Sort of a stylish - and more articulate - Dirty Harry character.
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I think the series keeps improving from here, FWIW. And is, frankly, one of my favourites. Though it will be interesting to see how Hamilton handles the troubles in Hong Kong when the story line catches up to that time frame.