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The Golden Gate
Amy Chua
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Description for The Golden Gate
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SHORTLISTED FOR MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA BEST FIRST NOVEL EDGAR 2024
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION ILP JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER 2024
SHORTLISED FOR THE ITW THRILLER AWARDS BEST FIRST NOVEL 2024
'An epic, devastating, majestic mystery. Clever, richly imagined and outright thrilling' Chris Whitaker
Berkeley, California 1944: 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 ... Read moreClaremont 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.
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.
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.
'Riveting' Daily Mail
'Intriguing' Sunday Times
'Vividly intoxicating' Janice Hallett
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About Amy Chua
Amy Chua 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 Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, which has been translated into over 30 languages. Chua graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and cum laude from Harvard Law School. After ... Read morepracticing on Wall Street for a few years, she joined the Yale Law School faculty in 2001. The Golden Gate is her fiction debut Show Less
Reviews for The Golden Gate
Historical detective noir at its best. A vividly intoxicating story weaves the political landscape of post-war California together with the mystery and humanity of a notoriously tragic upper class family. A multi-layered read with something to say. Intelligent, surprising and satisfying. I can't believe this is a debut!
Janice Hallett An epic, devastating, majestic mystery. The Golden Gate is ... Read moreclever, richly imagined and outright thrilling.
Chris Whitaker Brimful of plot, packed with intriguing characters ... a riveting homage to American crime noir.
Daily Mail
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, a touch of Agatha Christie, and a soupcon of Dashiell Hammett. And Amy Chua's terrific writing provides the icing.
Lisa See An intriguing mystery
Sunday Times
An atmospheric page-turner
Prima
A tour de force of a novel. Brilliantly detailed, unflinching and supercharged with colour and character. Bravo
Elizabeth Buchan A sharp, stylish and fascinating mystery novel that brings to life the grit, glamour and complexity of 1940s America
Anna Mazzola A richly satisfying historical mystery that draws on its setting for more than mere atmosphere
Publishers Weekly
A sumptuous, rollercoaster of a read. 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.
Simon Toyne A vividly recreated setting and period ... the tough, laconic, tender voice of Chua's protagonist is entirely convincing ... a telling portrait of the divisions between rich and poor, white and non-white ... I'll look forward to whatever Amy Chua writes next.
Nicholas Clee, BookBrunch Satisfyingly twisty, highly educational and lots of fun
Kirkus, starred review
A riveting mystery ... Chua skilfully creates tension
Booklist
A successful, compelling mashup of California history, ghost story, family drama and social commentary
Library Journal
Rich and satisfying ... an entertaining read
Seattle Times
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.
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