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San Diego native Lisa Brackmann takes readers on a couch trip to contemporary China in her debut novel,Rock Paper Tiger, Maryelizabeth’s Signed First Mystery Pick for June. (See review below.)  An Iraq war vet tangled in the death throes of a marriage, Ellie Cooper finds herself caught up in a conspiracy against the Chinese government, with no clear way to determine who her allies are, especially when her primary source of information is via on-line game avatars.