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The Woman in the Camphor Trunk by Jennifer Kincheloe

The Woman in the Camphor Trunk

An Anna Blanc Mystery

Jennifer Kincheloe

Seventh Street Books · Print & ebook · November 14, 2017

In early-1900s Los Angeles-- an era of courting, ragtime, suffragettes, and widespread corruption-- a socialite turned police matron tracks down the murderer of a white woman in Chinatown, while trying to prevent the outbreak of a bloody tong war.

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Who it’s for
A murder investigation threads through a volatile Chinatown, where secrecy may forestall a bloody backlash.
Genres
Historical Mystery, Women Detectives, Historical Fiction
Published
Seventh Street Books, November 14, 2017

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In early-1900s Los Angeles-- an era of courting, ragtime, suffragettes, and widespread corruption-- a socialite turned police matron tracks down the murderer of a white woman in Chinatown, while trying to prevent the outbreak of a bloody tong war. Los Angeles, 1908.

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In Chinatown, the most dangerous beat in Los Angeles, police matron Anna Blanc and her former sweetheart, Detective Joe Singer, discover the body of a white missionary woman, stuffed in a trunk in the apartment of her Chinese lover. If news about the murder gets out, there will be a violent backlash against the Chinese. Joe and Anna work to solve the crime quietly and keep the death a secret, reluctantly helped by the good-looking Mr. Jones, a prominent local leader. Meanwhile, the kidnapping of two slave girls fuels existing tensions, leaving Chinatown poised on the verge of a bloody tong war. Joe orders Anna to stay away, but Anna is determined to solve the crime before news of the murder is leaked and Chinatown explodes.

Secrets and Stakes

A murder investigation threads through a volatile Chinatown, where secrecy may forestall a bloody backlash.

Come here for

  • A historical mystery amid 1908 Los Angeles corruption and Chinatown tensions
  • A determined police matron working alongside a former sweetheart

Expect

  • Edgy stakes shaped by racial backlash and the threat of a tong war
  • A sustained mystery with Anna Blanc at its center

Where it sits

Historical Mystery98%
Women Detectives48%
Historical Fiction43%

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Publisher categories

  • Historical Fiction
  • Historical Mystery
  • Historical Thrillers
Authors
Jennifer Kincheloe
Publisher
Seventh Street Books
Published
November 14, 2017
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Historical Fiction