Snakes Can't Run: A Mystery (Robert Chow)

By Ed Lin

Book Overview

An epic of New York Chinatown noir in the vein of George Pelecanos and Richard Price, this is the riveting sequel to the highly acclaimed This Is a Bust It's a hot summer in New York's Chinatown in 1976 and Robert Chow, the Chinese-American detective son of an illegal immigrant, takes on a new breed of ruthless human smugglers-- snakeheads--when two bodies of smuggled Chinese are found dead under the Brooklyn Bridge underpass. But as Robert comes closer to finding some answers, he discovers a dark secret in his own family's past...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312569882
• ISBN13: 9780312569884
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.6" x 1.2" x 6.5"