S. J. Rozan, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur $24.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-312-24555-9
Despite the hype, this eighth novel featuring New York PIs Lydia Chin and Bill Smith from Shamus- and Anthony-award winner Rozan isn't quite up to her usual high standard. After 2001's Reflecting the Sky
(which Chin narrated), it's...
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S. J. Rozan, Author . Delacorte $24 (367p) ISBN 978-0-385-33803-5
New York City Fire Capt. James McCaffery is a hero to everyone who knew him, and many who didn't, even before his death at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. In the aftermath of that awful day, "New York needs heroes," as one...
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S. J. Rozan, Author . Delacorte $24 (387p) ISBN 978-0-385-33804-2
Edgar-winner Rozan (Absent Friends
) draws on her experience as a professional architect in this complex thriller that focuses on New York City's construction and development business. Ann Montgomery, an officer in the New York Department of...
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S. J. Rozan, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur $24.95 (373p) ISBN 978-0-312-24556-6
The hunt for a valuable brooch propels Edgar-winner Rozan's ninth Lydia Chin and Bill Smith nail-biter (after 2002's Winter and Night
). In 1938, Rosalie Gilder, an 18-year-old Jewish refugee, left Nazi-annexed Austria for Japanese-occupied
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S.J. Rozan, Minotaur, $24.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-312-54449-2
At the start of Edgar-winner Rozan's exciting 10th novel featuring New York City PIs Bill Smith and Lydia Chin (after 2009's The Shanghai Moon), Bill receives a phone call from someone using Lydia's cell who claims to have kidnapped Lydia. Lydia...
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S. J. Rozan, Author St. Martin's Press $20.95 (263p) ISBN 978-0-312-11254-7
Rozan's debut novel, focusing both on china, the porcelain, and on the homeland of many inhabitants of New York City's Chinatown, introduces likable Asian-American PI, Lydia Chin. Lydia, hired by the Chinatown Pride museum to recover stolen antique...
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S. J. Rozan, Author St. Martin's Press $21.95 (280p) ISBN 978-0-312-13453-2
Rozan nails down the promise of China Trade, her debut and the introduction of memorable New York City PIs Bill Smith and Lydia Chin. Here, Smith goes undercover for his mentor Bobby Moran, who now runs a security firm. One of Moran's young...
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S. J. Rozan, Author St. Martin's Press $22.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-312-14674-0
Rozan (Concourse, 1995) puts a unique spin on her mysteries that plumb New York City's Chinese-American milieu and feature petite PI Lydia Chin and her tough sometimes-partner, Bill Smith. Lydia's brother Andrew recommends her to rising fashion...
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S. J. Rozan, Author St. Martin's Press $23.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-312-16811-7
It's a nice inside joke when, in this fourth book in the Bill Smith and Lydia Chin series, a dedicated bricklayer complains about how the architect of the 40-story Manhattan apartment building he's working on doesn't ""give a shit about anything on...
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S. J. Rozan, Author Minotaur Books $15.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-312-19259-4
While lots of amazing events happen in Rozan's fifth book in her superlative Lydia Chin/Bill Smith series, none surprises more than the moment when Lydia's mother actually admits that she approves of the way her daughter does her job. Mrs. Chin has...
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S. J. Rozan, Author Thomas Dunne Books $24.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-312-24427-9
The seventh Bill Smith/Lydia Chin novel proves that Rozan's Shamus (for Concourse) and Anthony (for No Colder Place) awards were no fluke. This is a beautifully written book with a sophisticated plot, rich in both action and atmosphere. After 1999's
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S.J. Rozan. Minotaur, $25.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-312-54450-8
At the start of Edgar-winner Rozan's excellent 11th novel featuring PI partners Lydia Chin and Bill Smith (after On the Line), Jeff Dunbar, a collector of contemporary Chinese art, hires Lydia to get to the bottom of beguiling rumors that new works...
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S. J. Rozan, Author, Rozan, Author St. Martin's Press $23.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-312-20912-4
Bill Smith's peaceful, upstate New York cabin retreat in Schoharie is a haven for the New York City PI. But in his sixth adventure, following last year's A Bitter Feast, Schoharie proves as dangerous as any city alley, and Smith needs all his...
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