Year of the Dog (A Detective Jack Yu Investigation #2)

Praise for Chinatown Beat : A worthy debut. . . . Chang writes with stark power and authority, covering the territory as only an insider can. He evokes the spirit, sights, smells and language of his setting in compelling fashion. Chicago Sun-Times Yu is a fellow whose adventures should be worth following. The Washington Post Book World Should make the locals sit up and gasp. The New York Times Book Review It doesnt get much better than this stunning novel. The Boston Globe A fascinating look at New Yorks Chinese-American urban community and its subcultures. Publishers Weekly A great beginning to what should be a worthy series. Library Journal Very slick, very smart. Globe and Mail Classic noir. . . . A real discovery.Richard Price Hes been transferred to a different precinct, but Detective Jack Yu cannot get away from Chinatowns criminalshis old friendswho have hooked up with the Hong Kong-based triads in an elaborate nationwide credit card fraud. He also cannot escape the Chinese victims whose stories cry out for justice, like the teenage Chinese take-out delivery boy brutally murdered in the projects. Henry Chang was born and raised in New York Citys Chinatown, where he still lives. His debut novel, Chinatown Beat , was hailed in several best of 2006 lists. Praise for Chinatown Beat:

'A worthy debut. . . . Chang writes with stark power and authority, covering the territory as only an insider can. He evokes the spirit, sights, smells and language of his setting in compelling fashion.'-Chicago Sun-Times

'Yu is a fellow whose adventures should be worth following.'-The Washington Post Book World

'Should make the locals sit up and gasp.'-The New York Times Book Review

'It doesn’t get much better than this stunning novel.'-The Boston Globe

'A fascinating look at New York’s Chinese-American urban community and its subcultures.'-Publishers Weekly

'A great beginning to what should be a worthy series.'-Library Journal

'Very slick, very smart.'-Globe and Mail

'Classic noir. . . . A real discovery.'-Richard Price

He’s been transferred to a different precinct, but Detective Jack Yu cannot get away from Chinatown’s criminals-his old friends-who have hooked up with the Hong Kong-based triads in an elaborate nationwide credit card fraud. He also cannot escape the Chinese victims whose stories cry out for justice, like the teenage Chinese take-out delivery boy brutally murdered in the projects.

Henry Chang was born and raised in New York City’s Chinatown, where he still lives. His debut novel, Chinatown Beat, was hailed in several best of 2006 lists.

Join NYPD Detective Jack Yu on a rollercoaster ride through the underground world of Chinatown gambling and smuggling in this crime novel for fans of The Wire. “A richly atmospheric panorama of New York's immigrant demimonde.” —Entertainment Weekly Jack Yu is one of the few ethnically Chinese officers in the NYPD. Now Jack has been promoted out of the Chinatown Precinct. With multiple murders occurring within days of his transfer, the Ninth Precinct isn't less violent, per se, but at least Jack doesn't know most of the perps. When a bloody shootout goes down in Chinatown though, the upper echelons of the NYPD reach out to him for help squelching the escalating gang violence, and Jack learns he cannot get away from Chinatown's criminals—his old friends—for long. A rollercoaster ride with NYPD Detective Jack Yu, illuminating the underground world of Chinatown gambling, smuggling, and protection Hes been transferred to a different precinct, but Detective Jack Yu cannot get away from Chinatowns criminalshis old friendswho have hooked up with the Hong Kong-based triads in an elaborate nationwide credit card fraud. He also cannot escape the Chinese victims whose stories cry out for justice, like the teenage Chinese take-out delivery boy brutally murdered in the projects. Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life