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Chinatown Beat 

 (Detective Jack Yu, book 1)

by

Henry Chang

Chinatown Beat

(The first book in the Detective Jack Yu series)
(2007)
A novel by

Henry Chang

"A dramatic evocation of the exotic. . . . More rewarding than a trip to Chinatown."
Qiu Xiaolong


"Here's a dark slice of New York's Chinatown that most of us... have probably never seen. Henry Chang takes us on an unforgettable guided tour of its lower depths. In a field awash with pallid noir thrillers, this one is the real thing. A genuine winner."
Herbert Lieberman


 

Detective Jack Yu grew up in Chinatown. Some of his friends are criminals now; some are dead. Jack has just been transferred to his old neighborhood, where 99 percent of the cops are white. Unlike the others, confused by the residents who speak another language even when they're speaking English, Jack knows what's going on.

He is confronted with a serial rapist who preys on young Chinese girls. Then Uncle Four, an elderly and respected leader of the charitable Hip Ching Society and member of the Hong Kong-based Red Circle Triad, is gunned down. Jack learns that benevolent Uncle Four had a gorgeous young mistress imported from Hong Kong. And she is missing.

To solve these crimes, Jack turns to an elderly fortune teller, an old friend of his, in addition to employing modern police methods. This debut mystery power-fully conveys the sights, sounds, and smells of Chinatown, as well as the attitudes of its inhabitants.
 
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Hardback Editions

November 2006 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1569474370Title: Chinatown Beat (Detective Jack Yu)
Author(s): Henry Chang
ISBN: 1-56947-437-0 / 9781569474372 (USA edition)
Publisher: Soho Crime
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1980 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B000N767C0Title: Chinatown Beat
Author(s): Henry Chang
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Paperback Editions

November 2007 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1569474788Title: Chinatown Beat (Detective Jack Yu)
Author(s): Henry Chang
ISBN: 1-56947-478-8 / 9781569474785 (USA edition)
Publisher: Soho Crime
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January 2006 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B001VP35QOTitle: Chinatown Beat
Author(s): Henry Chang
Publisher: Soho Press Inc., New York
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November 2006 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B001E0HSYGTitle: Chinatown Beat
Author(s): Henry Chang
Publisher: Soho Crime
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