Author Henry Chang was born in New York's Chinatown and grew up there, giving him personal history and an insider's knowledge to draw on in this noir thriller.

This is Chang's first novel and it shows sometimes, but I plan to buy his second Detective Jack Yu novel. This might just be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. ( )

A fairly grim story about a cop who works out of the 5th precinct in Chinatown. He's cleaning out his dead father's apartment and mulling over their relationship as a serial rapist of children is on the loose and the mistress of a tong leader tries to stay one step ahead of disaster.