Dragon Day

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Ellie McEnroe is an Iraq War vet living in Beijing, where she represents the work of cutting-edge Chinese political artists. She has Chinese Domestic Security on her tail and a dwindling number of anxiety meds to get her through the rough. An immensely powerful billionaire has asked her to investigate his son's new business partner. All seems harmless as she's swept up into elite social circles, until a waitress is murdered at a party and she must trace a thin thread of evidence back to her killer.

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Praise for Dragon Day

A Seattle Times Best Mystery of 2015

Excellent . . . Ellie McEnroe, our guide, is a piece of work: an expatriate American veteran of Iraq with a bad leg and a worse attitude . . . Brackmann is terrific at evoking both the glitz of modern high-society China and Ellies hand-to-mouth existence in some of Beijings less reputable corners."
The Seattle Times

"Edgy . . .When Ellie becomes a convenient murder suspecther business card is found on the body of a waitress at a partyshe must navigate Chinas elite and their kids, plus corruption on every level, to find the real culprit."
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"Spot-on modern China noir and brushstroke-perfect descriptions of the new China make Brackmanns series a pleasure to read. Her writing is crisp, vivid, and masterful."
Barry Lancet, writing for The Strand Magazine

"As soon as I read the opening lines of Lisa Brackmanns new China-set crime thriller,Dragon Day, I knew I was going to enjoy it every bit as much as I had anticipated. At initial glance, the book indulges in the two ultimate China clichsthat 'dragon' title and its red coverbut with those first four sentences, Brackmann delivers a big wink to her readers: Dont worry. You might think you know whats coming, but you have no idea."
Los Angeles Review of Books

"Like a bullet-train tour of daily life in China, one vignette after another, sometimes verging on poetry."
Salem Macknee, McClatchy News

"Set in China, Brackmann always manages to keep you on the edge of your seat and teach you something about that country at the same time. Not to be missed."
Huffington Post

"The sensation of a society in constant flux underpins the action and makes for great excitement."
The Crime Review (UK)

"A nonstop thriller, illuminating the Chinese police state in which 'First they decide youre a threat. Then they find a label for it.' Top-notch international crime fiction."
Booklist, Starred Review

"Rambunctious, well-plotted . . . Readers will be sorry to see the last of Ellie."
Publishers Weekly

"One of crime fictions most successful portrayals of China . . . [Ellie]is absolutely convincing, both as a character and as a witness to an unpredictable realm where past, present, and future constantly collide."
The Life Sentence

"This well-written series not only keeps readers involved in the storyline, it offers some keen insights into artistic freedom in China and the difficulty of managing so many layers of bureaucracy."
Reviewing the Evidence

"Dark, mysterious and engaging, Dragon Day is a must-read."
RT Book Reviews

"Had me hooked from the very first page . . .a tale at once exotic in its details but familiar in its inherent hard-boiled truths."
Criminal Element

Praise for theNew York TimesandUSA Todaybestselling Ellie McEnroe series

Ellie is a perfect spunky heroine . . . Be prepared for a wild ride.
The New York Times Book Review

This pulse-racer about an American Iraq-war vet is set in the art world of Beijing.
Entertainment Weekly, Recommendation for More Thrills

As slick and smart as an alley cat . . . Beijing in Rock Paper Tiger is as it is in real life: fast, furious, often ugly, and with a Starbucks sitting on every corner.
Time Out Beijing

A gripping ex-pat nightmare that unfolds with superb pacing and salient details. And it makes you damned glad your life is boring.
The Miami Herald, Summer Reading Recommendation

Chinas a big country, and as the foul-mouthed, pill-popping vet travels from tourist trap to toxic wasteland and back, her journey becomes one of disenchantment, frustration and anger . . . This bookand the fingers it pointsmatters.
January Magazine, Best Book of the Year

One of the best thrillers of the year. She has set the bar high for anyone wishing to write at the top of their game in the noir genre.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Dont turn the pages too fast. Brackmanns evocation of China, funny, frustrating, frightening, sometimes tender, and always real, is worth savoring.
Nicole Mones, author of Lost in Translation and The Last Chinese Chef

Author Bio

Lisa Brackmann is the critically acclaimed author of the Ellie McEnroe novels (Rock Paper Tiger, Hour of the Rat, Dragon Day) and the thrillers Getaway and Go-Between. Her work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Travel+Leisure and CNET. She lives in San Diego with a couple of cats, far too many books and a bass ukulele.