Linh, a Vietnamese nun has asked Aimee Leduc to contact a man on her
behalf. Aimee’s partner Rene readily agrees to her request. Just as
she is handing an envelope to a man in exchange for a backpack the sound
of a motorcycle and gunshots ring out. The man collapses into her arms
as she falls down. She manages to get away, although wounded in her
arm.
Inside the backpack, Aimee discovers eleven small jade statues of the
oriental zodiac. The one that’s missing is the dragon. Rene tells her
to get them to the Vietnamese temple the following day. She may still
be a target of the shooter. Just as she arrived home she was accosted
by members of the RG, and after searching her bag she was warned to turn
the jade over to them. Linh tells her that the jade needs to be
returned to Vietnam. She also gives Aimee a name of a soldier who had
been in Vietnam when the jade disappeared.
Then Aimee receives a phone call threatening to send her parts of Rene
if she doesn’t turn over the jade in forty-eight hours. How was she
going to get him released?
A client wants Aimee to tap into competing offers connected to oil
developments in Vietnam. Could this, in anyway be connected to the
jade?
Once again author Cara Black has Aimee Leduc involved in a fast paced
thriller. How she manages to stay out of serious trouble will keep the
reader on the edge of their seat. A good, quick read.
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