Denise Hamilton
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The Jasmine Trade: A Novel of Suspense Introducing Eve Diamond
Denise Hamilton
- 2004 New Blood Dagger shortlist
- 2002 Anthony-1st Novel nominee
- 2002 Edgar-1st Novel nominee
- 2002 Macavity-1st Novel nominee
- Score: 24.54
Everything was set. Seventeen-year-old Marina Lu had even ordered custom-made gowns for the ten bridesmaids who, in several months’ time, would have preceded her down the aisle at her storybook wedding.
There isn’t going to be a wedding. Marina lies dead, alone in her shiny status car in a suburban shopping center parking lot, her two-carat diamond engagement ring refracting another abruptly shattered Los Angeles dream. Was her death merely a carjacking gone bad? Or is there more to the story?
Marina’s murder chillingly introduces Los Angeles Times reporter Eve Diamond to a subculture of “parachute kids,” the rich Asian teens who are left to their own devices in California while their parents live and work in Hong Kong. Seeking American education and political stability for their children, the affluent parents often leave only an elderly housekeeper in charge of their vulnerable offspring.
What was Marina’s story? Why was she, at such a young age, marrying twenty-four-year-old Michael Ho? Why is Marina’s father, banker Reginald Lu, so reluctant to provide information?…
