02094cam a2200361 4500 63686030 TxAuBib 20100601120000.0 090715s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009028913 9780316166317 0316166316 (OCoLC)426147403 TxAuBib Connelly, Michael, 1956- Nine dragons : a novel / Michael Connelly. 9 dragons. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009. 377 p. ; 25 cm. Harry Bosch ; 14 Fortune Liquors is a small shop in a tough South L.A. neighborhood, a store Bosch has known for years. The murder of John Li, the store's owner, hits Bosch hard, and he promises Li's family that he'll find the killer. The world Bosch steps into next is unknown territory. He brings in a detective from the Asian Gang Unit for help with translation -- not just of languages but also of the cultural norms and expectations that guided Li's life. He uncovers a link to a Hong Kong triad, a lethal and far-reaching crime ring that follows many immigrants to their new lives in the U.S. And instantly his world explodes. The one good thing in Bosch's life, the person he holds most dear, is taken from him and Bosch travels to Hong Kong in an all-or-nothing bid to regain what he's lost. In a place known as Nine Dragons, as the city's Hungry Ghosts festival burns around him, Bosch puts aside everything he knows and risks everything he has in a desperate bid to outmatch the triad's ferocity. 20100601. Bosch, Harry (Fictitious character) Fiction. Police California Los Angeles Fiction. Chinese Americans Crimes against Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Kidnapping Fiction. Triads (Gangs) Fiction. Los Angeles (Calif) Fiction. Hong Kong (China) Fiction. Harry Bosch ; 14. TXMOO