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Lisa Brackmann signs ROCK PAPER TIGER

Start: 06/12/2010 2:00 pm

End: 06/12/2010 3:30 pm

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. Meet Lisa on Saturday, June 12, at 2:00 PM, and find out what inspired her to write about “China as the kind of place where there’s a Starbucks on every corner.”

Rock Paper Tiger (Hardcover)

By Lisa Brackmann

$25.00

ISBN-13: 9781569476406
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Soho Press, 6/2010

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Iraq War vet Ellie Cooper offers readers and insider’s outsider perspective on modern China in this smart debut thriller. Ellie and her not-quite-ex husband, Trey, are bound by a shared history of the ugly realities of the Iraq War. When Trey gets a job as a security consultant in China, a physically and emotionally damaged Ellie travels with him. As their relationship deteriorates, Ellie becomes involved with a local artist, Lao Zhang. However, when one of Zhang’s acquaintances is a person of interest to both Chinese and American authorities, Ellie is caught up in a bizarre power struggle where she receives cryptic communications through avatars in an on-line game. The ending is a bit unfinished, but aptly so, given the setting. Highly recommended as a Signed First Mystery Pick. Meet Lisa on Saturday, June 12.

-- MeH

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