This Is a Bust

<p><strong>Set in New York's Chinatown in 1976 this sharp and gritty novel is a mystery set against the backdrop of a city in turmoil</strong></p><p>Robert Chow is a Vietnam vet and an alcoholic. He's also the only Chinese American cop on the Chinatown beat and the only police officer who can speak Cantonese. But he's basically treated like a token trotted out for ribbon cuttings and community events.</p><p>So he shouldn't be surprised when his superiors are indifferent to his suspicions that an old Chinese woman's death may have actually been a murder. But he sure is angry. With little more than his own demons to fuel him Chow must take matters into his own hands.</p><p>Rich with the details of its time and place this homage to noir will appeal to fans of S.J. Rozan and Michael Connelly.</p>