The Shanghai Circle (Chinese Circle, #1)

TAIPAN MEETS TRIAD IN PRE-WAR SHANGHAI

The Shanghai Circle is the first book in the Chinese Circles series. A taipan, a triad leader and a beautiful White Russian find their lives intertwined as Japan threatens Shanghai in 1936. Charles and Davina Guest, Taipan and daughter, must help steer the family trading house through tumultuous times. The imminent Japanese invasion and the rise of communism threaten their beloved company, but unbeknown to them another deadly menace lurks in the shadows. As heir to the Sung Society, Joseph Cheung must learn the ways of the triad. Vice and violence dominate Shanghai’s criminal world but for Joseph, a personal vendetta remains unfinished business. Irina, a young beautiful stateless Russian woman, unwittingly falls into the clutches of the triads and fights to escape. It is 1936, and Shanghai, the ‘Paris of the East’ or ‘The Whore of Asia’, plays backdrop to the drama, as these characters find their lives are circling each other in a dangerous world. This book describes the city as it was in 1936 as the Japanese were fighting across China to capture the flawed jewel, which was Shanghai. It is the setting for the first part of my novelShanghai until my characters escape to Hong Kong in 1937.