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The White Mirror: A Mystery

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Availability:In StockContributor:Elsa HartSeries:Li Du Novels #2Publish date:2017-07-18Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Minotaur BooksISBN-13:9781250074973ISBN-10:1250074975UPC:9781250074973Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective, HistoricalBook Topic:Historical, International Crime & MysterySize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCSR3859EB

In The White Mirror, the follow-up to Elsa Hart's critically acclaimed debut, Jade Dragon Mountain, Li Du, an imperial librarian and former exile in 18th century China, is now an independent traveler. He is journeying with a trade caravan bound for Lhasa when a detour brings them to a valley hidden between mountain passes. On the icy planks of a wooden bridge, a monk sits in contemplation. Closer inspection reveals that the monk is dead, apparently of a self-inflicted wound. His robes are rent, revealing a strange symbol painted on his chest.

When the rain turns to snow, the caravan is forced to seek hospitality from the local lord while they wait for the storm to pass. The dead monk, Li Du soon learns, was a reclusive painter. According to the family, his bizarre suicide is not surprising, given his obsession with the demon world. But Li Du is convinced that all is not as it seems. Why did the caravan leader detour to this particular valley? Why does the lord's heir sleep in the barn like a servant? And who is the mysterious woman traveling through the mountain wilds?

Trapped in the snow, surrounded by secrets and an unexplained grief that haunts the manor, Li Du cannot distract himself from memories he's tried to leave behind. As he discovers irrefutable evidence of the painter's murder and pieces together the dark circumstances of his death, Li Du must face the reason he will not go home and, ultimately, the reason why he must.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Minotaur BooksISBN-13:9781250074973ISBN-10:1250074975UPC:9781250074973Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective, HistoricalBook Topic:Historical, International Crime & MysterySize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCSR3859EB
ELSA HART was born in Rome, Italy, but her earliest memories are of Moscow, where her family lived until 1991. Since then she has lived in the Czech Republic, the U.S.A., and China. She earned a B.A. from Swarthmore College and a J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. She is the author of the Li Du novels, Jade Dragon Mountain and The White Mirror.
Publisher: Minotaur Books

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