Foul Lady Fortune

Resumen del libro

Foul Lady Fortune, the first in a duology, is a speculative historical noir surrounding the events of Imperial Japan's expansion into China in the 1930s. It's 1931 in Shanghai, and the stage is set for a new decade of intrigue. Four years ago, Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the strange experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and aging-and allows her to heal from any wound.

In short, Rosalind cannot die. Now, desperate for redemption from her traitorous past, she uses her abilities as an assassin for her country. Code name: Fortune.

But when the Japanese Imperial Army begins its invasion march, Rosalind's mission pivots. A series of murders is causing unrest in Shanghai, and the Japanese are under suspicion. Rosalind's new orders are to infiltrate foreign society and identify the culprits behind the terror plot before more of her people are killed.

To reduce suspicion, however, she must pose as the wife of another Nationalist spy, Orion Hong, and though Rosalind finds Orion's cavalier attitude and playboy demeanor infuriating, she is willing to work with him for the greater good. But Orion has an agenda of his own, and Rosalind has secrets that she wants to keep buried. As they both attempt to unravel the conspiracy, the two spies soon find that there are deeper and more horrifying layers to this mystery than they ever imagined.

Biografía del autor

es la autora de Placeres violentos y su conclusión, Finales violentos, ambos éxitos de venta de The New York Times. Vil Dama de la Fortuna es el primer libro de una nueva y cautivadora biología protagonizada por una pareja de espías mal avenidos que se hacen pasar por matrimonio para investigar una serie de brutales asesinatos en el Shanghái de los años 30. Chloe se graduó recientemente en la Universidad de Pensilvania con una doble licenciatura en inglés y relaciones internacionales. Nacida den Shanghái y criada en Auckland, Nueva Zelanda, ahora Chloe vive en Nueva York, donde finde ser una adulta de verdad.