New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Lydia Chin / Bill Smith novel set in the art world. "American-Born Chinese PI Lydia Chin is called in on what appears to be a simple case. Jeff Dunbar, art world insider, wants her to track down a rumor. Contemporary Chinese painting is sizzling hot on the art scene and no one is hotter than Chau Chun, known as the Ghost Hero. A talented and celebrated ink painter, ChauÕs highly-prized work mixes classical forms and modern political commentary. The rumor of new paintings by Chau is shaking up the art world. ThereÕs only one problem Ð Ghost Hero Chau has been dead for twenty years, killed…
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Lydia Chin / Bill Smith novel set in the art world. "American-Born Chinese PI Lydia Chin is called in on what appears to be a simple case. Jeff Dunbar, art world insider, wants her to track down a rumor. Contemporary Chinese painting is sizzling hot on the art scene and no one is hotter than Chau Chun, known as the Ghost Hero. A talented and celebrated ink painter, ChauÕs highly-prized work mixes classical forms and modern political commentary. The rumor of new paintings by Chau is shaking up the art world. ThereÕs only one problem Ð Ghost Hero Chau has been dead for twenty years, killed in the 1989 Tianamen Square uprising." SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the 2012 Dilys Award. 325 pp. ISBN: 9780312544508.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in a small upstate New York town featuring Bill Smith and his sometime partner, Lydia Chin. SIGNED on the title page. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-312209126.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder dot)