Stealing the Dragon, Tim Maleeny
Stealing the Dragon, Tim Maleeny
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Stealing the Dragon
A Cape Weathers Investigation

Author: Tim Maleeny

Series: Cape Weathers Investigations #1

Narrator: Michael Kramer

Unabridged: 9 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/11/2011

Synopsis

Is the Chinese curse just a myth?Soon after an ancient talisman is smuggled out of Hong Kong, a container ship filled with Chinese refugees runs aground on Alcatraz, the crew murdered.The Chinese Triads suspect one of their own, a female assassin named Sally known to have connections with a San Francisco detective named Cape Weathers. But when Sally goes missing, Cape becomes the focus of Triads' attention, and soon the FBI has him on their radar. Cape quickly realizes he's screwed if he doesn't find out what really happened aboard the ship.He seeks the aid of two neurotic cops, a drug lord, a computer genius, a mayoral candidate, and a reporter with sentient hair.From there, it all goes to hell.

About Tim Maleeny

Tim Maleeny is the award-winning author of Greasing the Piñata. His short fiction won the 2007 Macavity Award and appears in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and Death Do Us Part, an anthology edited by Harlan Coben. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Columbia University, he currently lives in San Francisco.

About Michael Kramer

Michael Kramer is an AudioFile Earphones Award winner, a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration, and recipient of a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award. He is also an actor and director in the Washington, DC, area, where he is active in the area’s theater scene and has appeared in productions at the Shakespeare Theatre, the Kennedy Center, and Theater J.

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Quotes

“Tough, original, compelling—a perfect thriller debut.”

“An intriguing story…there are flashes of flair and inspiration in this promising first novel.”

“Readers will want to see more of Cape and Sally.”

“San Francisco comes alive in Tim Maleeny’s engaging and confident debut thriller…Stealing the Dragon…combines a gumshoe mystery in the tradition of Dashiell Hammett with the exotic action of Trevanian.”

 “A crime noir tour of San Francisco’s Chinatown.”

“Maleeny gives readers a fresh and fast take that enthralls.”

“Cape and Sally are fascinating characters.”

Awards

  • Macavity Award
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