The Red Pole of Macau: An Ava Lee Novel
By Ian Hamilton
3.5/5
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THE THIRD BOOK IN THE AVA LEE SERIES
In Ian Hamilton's The Red Pole of Macau, family ties are stressed to the limit when intrepid forensic accountant Ava Lee must rescue her half brother, Michael, and his business partner, Simon, from a disastrous multimillion-dollar real-estate deal in Macau. When the developers turn out to be gangsters, Michael and Simon are threatened with bankruptcy and much worse. Ava struggles to salvage the deal and her family's money, but then Simon is kidnapped, and the rules of the game abruptly change.
Determined to keep her mentor, Uncle, out of the affair, Ava is forced to turn to a former client, the cunning and seductive May Ling Wong, for help. With time running out, Ava must use all her skills to outwit the gangsters, rescue Simon, and save her family's future.
Ian Hamilton
IAN HAMILTON is the acclaimed author of sixteen books in the Ava Lee series, four in the Lost Decades of Uncle Chow Tung series, and the standalone novel Bonnie Jack. National bestsellers, his books have been shortlisted for the Crime Writers of Canada Award (formerly the Arthur Ellis Award), the Barry Award, and the Lambda Literary Prize. BBC Culture named him one of the ten mystery/crime writers who should be on your bookshelf. The Ava Lee series is being adapted for television.
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Reviews for The Red Pole of Macau
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A really good read. Got this book when I couldn't get another Ava Lee book but really enjoyed this.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Quite violent but not gratuitously so. I enjoyed this entry in the series more so than the last.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was a wonderful escapist thrill read! I so enjoy the intelligent competent Ava Lee who gives an exciting twist to being a forensic accountant. Her job is to recover missing money and valuable possessions in touchy delicate situations often with unsavory persons. In this book, she takes on an assignment that is personal and while Ava is razor-sharp as always, she needs to delicately balance her family dynamics against what is necessary to save her half-brother’s business and his partners life. This storyline allow us to see a more vulnerable Ava and she learns some valuable business lessons. This story unfolds in Hong Kong and Macau, the landscape, culture, business protocols and of course the food reveal the multi-faceted complexities that will challenge Ava in her latest adventure. This is the perfect book for putting the stress of everyday life aside and immersing yourself in a world of mesmerizing secrets, intrigue and risky ventures. I look forward to reading the next Ava Lee adventure.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I just don't see the point of this book. It would make a good half-hour TV show, maybe. There is nothing to the plot, really, and the characters are just as they are. Our small statured heroine, a master of deadly martial arts, has only to recover something like $20 million of her rather stupid brother's money in order to save face for the entire family, so she bravely faces incredibly powerful and merciless men in Macau. Of course she wins. Oops, that may be a spoiler, but obvious. Saving graces are some atmospheric meals and an interesting extended family situation.