Nip Pong Gold Fish Company
Nip Pong Gold Fish Company
A Fog-Soaked Mystery of Greed, Secrets, and a Murder Beneath the Surface
In 1962 San Francisco, Bush Street seems like the last place for a killing. Between small apartments, a health food shop, and the humble Nip Pong Gold Fish Company, life drifts along at the pace of fog-quiet and unremarkable. At its center is the T-Man, an elderly Chinese gentleman whose peaceful tea ceremonies keep the neighborhood grounded.
But beneath this calm, jealousies simmer and lies accumulate. Hidden dealings thread through basements and backyards, pulling ordinary people into quiet danger.
Sarah Smith-a solitary secretary with a fondness for marijuana and fleeting companionship-begins a romance with good-natured Bill. Their connection draws them into a mystery larger than either expects. Break-ins sweep through the Japanese district. A paperboy with secrets pedals silently through the shadows. And Max, a smooth-talking drifter, hovers too close to everyone's business.
Everything changes the night a man turns up dead in the goldfish pond.
As police descend on Bush Street, Bill's curiosity becomes obsession. Why was Bobby Kane killed? Why does every clue circle back to someone Bill once trusted? And what does the T-Man mean when he warns of "two shadows" behind the crime?
Each answer leads to deeper suspicion-Sarah's hidden fears, Neil the paperboy's whispered truths, and the unsettling possibility that the killer is someone the neighborhood sees as gentle and honorable.
When Bill uncovers a second knife beneath the pond's surface, one more secret rises with it. Someone has been watching him-someone who doesn't intend for the truth to surface.
And in the foggy stillness of the backyard, just steps from the T-Man's tea hut, the lights go out.
A noir thriller steeped in Chinatown alleys, flickering lanterns, and the haunting quiet of 1960s San Francisco, Nip Pong Gold Fish Company pulls readers into a world where every neighbor hides something-and curiosity can be fatal.
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