City of ink

Book Number DB122934
Title City of ink
Names Hart, Elsa.
Shih, David (Actor), narrator.
Series Hart, Elsa. - Li Du.
Medium Digital Book
Language English
Annotation "Li Du was prepared to travel anywhere in the world except for one place: home. But to unravel the mystery that surrounds his mentor's execution, that's exactly where he must go. Plunged into the painful memories and teeming streets of Beijing, Li Du obtains a humble clerkship that offers anonymity and access to the records he needs. He is beginning to make progress when his search for answers buried in the past is interrupted by murder in the present. The wife of a local factory owner is found dead, along with a man who appears to have been her lover, and the most likely suspect is the husband. But what Li Du's superiors at the North Borough Office are willing to accept as a crime of passion strikes Li Du as something more calculated. As past and present intertwine, Li Du's investigations reveal that many of Beijing's residents -- foreign and Chinese, artisan and official, scholar and soldier -- have secrets they would kill to protect. When the threats begin, Li Du must decide how much he is willing to sacrifice to discover the truth in a city bent on concealing it, a city where the stroke of a brush on paper can alter the past, change the future, prolong a life, or end one"-- Provided by publisher. -- Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
Length 1 online resource (audio (12 hours, 47 minutes)) Digital talking book. 1 level and 53 navigation points. Digitally mastered.
LC Subject Historical fiction
Detective and mystery fiction
Historical mystery fiction
Murder - Investigation - Fiction
Librarians - Fiction
China - History - Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 - Fiction
Beijing (China) - Fiction
Historical fiction
Novels
Detective and mystery fiction
Fiction
Local Subject Fiction - FI
Audience Notes Male narrator. NLS/BPH
Unrated. Commercial Audio NLS/BPH
Local Subject Commercial Format - CF
Adult Fiction - AF
Medium Book - MB
Adult Reading Level - AD
Narrator Shih, David.
Title Status Active
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