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Smart, resourceful, independent and elegant - Ava Lee is a heroine for our times. Oh, and did I mention kick-ass?
Set some years after the prequel (but published well before), I really appreciated some of the little details connecting Ava to her backstory, such as her wearing her antique ivory chignon pin to set off her business attire.
But that aside, this is a new case for Ava and Uncle - one that sees our bak-mei practising forensic accountant travelling from Canada, to Hong Kong, to Thailand, ...more
Set some years after the prequel (but published well before), I really appreciated some of the little details connecting Ava to her backstory, such as her wearing her antique ivory chignon pin to set off her business attire.
But that aside, this is a new case for Ava and Uncle - one that sees our bak-mei practising forensic accountant travelling from Canada, to Hong Kong, to Thailand, ...more
For a light, easy and entertaining read, you can't beat an Ava Lee fix. This is the second Ian Hamilton book I've read - the other was #4 - this is #1 in the series. Enjoyed this one more - Ava Lee is a kick! She's a forensic accountant, a bak mei whiz and smart as a whip - the combination is decidedly lethal. Her business - research money trails for desperate clients and recover millions of dollars from deals gone sideways - generally involves taking on and outwitting the bad guys mentally and
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I will be revisiting the world of Ava Lee. A strong and smart protagonist who talked about her breasts slightly too much to remind you that she was written by a man ;)
