A highly contemporary story in the Nathan Hawk Murder Mysteries, brought to life by tv scriptwriter Douglas Watkinson who gave us Midsomer Murders, The Bill, Poirot and many more. This tale from this thrilling and accomplished crime series sees Hawk forced to act on behalf of his family, or more specifically his famous film star son.
In White Crane British detective Nathan Hawk searches for Jaikie Hawk's missing house guest, the mysterious and beautiful Suyin Qu. When he stumbles across the murdered body of an immigration officer, the case takes a highly sinister turn. The police say it's obvious: Suyin is the killer and that's why she's gone missing. Hawk isn't so sure.
He wants to know who the shadowy Suyin Qu really is, why she's in the UK and, crucially, if she isn't the the murderer, who is. And, incidentally, why does the man who follows Hawk around know so much about his family?
This very English detective travels to China to put these questions and he's blown away by the answers. But he still has to find the missing Suyin Qu - dead or alive - among the rabble of quirky, murky characters he meets on the way.
He'd also like to know why the only thing stolen from Jaikie Hawk's London house, at the time of Suyin's disappearance, was a bonsai tree.