The Golden Gate

<b>Amy Chua</b> is the John M. Duff Jr. Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She is an internationally bestselling author of several non-fiction titles including her 2011 memoir <i>Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother</i> which has been translated into over 30 languages. Chua graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and cum laude from Harvard Law School. After practicing on Wall Street for a few years she joined the Yale Law School faculty in 2001. The Golden Gate is her fiction debut <b>'An epic devastating majestic mystery. Clever richly imagined and outright thrilling' Chris Whitaker</b><br><br> <b>Berkeley California 1944</b>: A former presidential candidate is assassinated in one of the rooms at the opulent Claremont Hotel. A rich industrialist Walter Wilkinson could have been targeted by any number of adversaries. But Detective Al Sullivan's investigation brings up the spectre of another tragedy at the Claremont ten years earlier: the death of seven-year-old Iris Stafford a member of the wealthy and influential Bainbridge family. Some say she haunts the Claremont still.<br><br> The many threads of the case keep leading Sullivan back to the three remaining Bainbridge heiresses now adults: Iris's sister Isabella and her cousins Cassie and Nicole. Determined not to let anything distract him from the truth - not the powerful influence of Bainbridges' grandmother or the political aspirations of Berkeley's district attorney or the interest of Chinese first lady Madame Chiang Kai-Shek - Sullivan follows his investigation to its devastating conclusion.<br><br> Chua's page-turning debut brings to life a historical era rife with turbulent social forces and ground-breaking forensic advances when access to power and therefore justice hinged on gender race and class.<br><br><b>'Riveting' <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><b>'Intriguing' <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><b>'Vividly intoxicating' Janice Hallett</b> <b>Edgar-nominated debut novel from a <i>Sunday Times</i> and <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author set in California at the time of WW2 . <i>Chinatown</i> meets <i>The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.</i></b> Historical detective noir at its best. <b>A vividly intoxicating story</b> weaves the political landscape of post-war California together with the mystery and humanity of a notoriously tragic upper class family. <b>A multi-layered read with something to say. Intelligent surprising and satisfying. I can't believe this is a debut!</b> <b>An epic devastating majestic mystery</b>. <i>The Golden Gate</i> is <b>clever richly imagined and outright thrilling</b>. <b>Brimful of plot packed with intriguing characters</b> ... a <b>riveting</b> homage to American crime noir. All the elements I love in a mystery: A tough-guy homicide detective an entrancing femme fatale family secrets a fabulous building in a beautiful city in a great time period <b>a touch of Agatha Christie and a soupcon of Dashiell Hammett. And Amy Chua's terrific writing provides the icing</b>. <b>An intriguing mystery</b> <b>An atmospheric page-turner</b> <b>A tour de force</b> of a novel. Brilliantly detailed unflinching and <b>supercharged with colour and character</b>. Bravo <b>A sharp stylish and fascinating mystery novel</b> that brings to life the grit glamour and complexity of 1940s America <b>A richly satisfying historical mystery </b>that draws on its setting for more than mere atmosphere <b>A sumptuous rollercoaster of a read</b>. Beautifully and intricately plotted it reads like James Ellroy decided to channel Raymond Chandler and set a story in golden age San Francisco. I whizzed through it in two days and didn't want it to end. <b>Satisfyingly twisty</b> highly educational and lots of fun <b>A riveting mystery</b> ... Chua skilfully creates tension A successful <b>compelling</b> mashup of California history ghost story family drama and social commentary <b>Rich and satisfying</b> ... an entertaining read A tough guy with room for gentleness... Detective Al Sullivan and his crew are a joy introducing us to a Bay Area that is both intimately familiar and surprisingly new. Historical detective noir at its best. <b>A vividly intoxicating story</b> weaves the political landscape of post-war California together with the mystery and humanity of a notoriously tragic upper class family. <b>A multi-layered read with something to say. Intelligent surprising and satisfying. I can't believe this is a debut!</b> <b>An epic devastating majestic mystery</b>. <i>The Golden Gate</i> is <b>clever richly imagined and outright thrilling</b>. <b>Brimful of plot packed with intriguing characters</b> ... a <b>riveting</b> homage to American crime noir. All the elements I love in a mystery: A tough-guy homicide detective an entrancing femme fatale family secrets a fabulous building in a beautiful city in a great time period <b>a touch of Agatha Christie and a soupcon of Dashiell Hammett. And Amy Chua's terrific writing provides the icing</b>. <b>An intriguing mystery</b> <b>An atmospheric page-turner</b> <b>A tour de force</b> of a novel. Brilliantly detailed unflinching and <b>supercharged with colour and character</b>. Bravo <b>A sharp stylish and fascinating mystery novel</b> that brings to life the grit glamour and complexity of 1940s America <b>A richly satisfying historical mystery </b>that draws on its setting for more than mere atmosphere <b>A sumptuous rollercoaster of a read</b>. Beautifully and intricately plotted it reads like James Ellroy decided to channel Raymond Chandler and set a story in golden age San Francisco. I whizzed through it in two days and didn't want it to end. <b>Satisfyingly twisty</b> highly educational and lots of fun <b>A riveting mystery</b> ... Chua skilfully creates tension A successful <b>compelling</b> mashup of California history ghost story family drama and social commentary <b>Rich and satisfying</b> ... an entertaining read A tough guy with room for gentleness... Detective Al Sullivan and his crew are a joy introducing us to a Bay Area that is both intimately familiar and surprisingly new.