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High Stakes in Shanghai

High Stakes in Shanghai

High Stakes in Shanghai

Howard Turk

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Año de edición:
2014
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Género policíaco y de misterio
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9781632633248
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Shanghai, 1941. Jake Greenberg, an American expatiate, owns a casino in the International Settlement. Certain Japanese officers want it. Jake barely escapes a bombing, one of his casino people is murdered by the Japanese, and a newspaper friend is kidnapped. He strikes back, working secretly with American intelligence and the Chinese underground. Then, one night in December, the Japanese invade. Jake has only hours to save his friends and escape.

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