It's not every day that the police ask a private investigator to prove them wrong, but that's essentially what Detective Martin Quirk does when he asks Spencer to look into the death of a young girl found in a movie star's hotel room. Jumbo Nelson, the larger than life movie star, appears to be a slam dunk for the rape and murder of a young girl found in his hotel room, but Quirk doesn't believe that he's guilty, so he calls on Spenser. When Spenser enters the scene and overpowers Nelson's bodyguard, a Cree Indian named Zebulon Sixkill, Nelson fires the bodyguard and Spenser finds himself
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In this sequel to Shanghai Girls, Joy, the girl who was born to one sister but raised as the daughter of the other, flees from both mothers when she learns of the bizarre relationship at age nineteen. Since she was born in the United States to Chinese parents, she is an American citizen, but her adoptive mother Pearl raised her to understand and embrace Chinese culture and customs. Joy's rapture with all things Chinese extends to Mau's teachings, and when she feels betrayed by
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