This thriller sets in Beijing and Los Angeles during 90s which involves of the characters, Liu Hulan (a police detective) and David Stark (a US attorney) that team up to solve the mystery of the two deaths, the U.S. Ambassador's son and the corpse of a Red Prince. The…
I felt it was quite difficult for me to finish this book especially for the last few chapters but I have to complete the book by end of this week. Luckily, the story was not that complicated to understand. I bought this book a few months ago, together with other…
After graduated from London University in art history, Adam Woods travels to Venice to take a post as an English tutor. Unfortunately, Mr. Gondolini's son gets the maid's daughter pregnant and has to send his son to New York to avoid any repercussions, thus causing Adam unemployed. However, with the…
Here are some of my favourite quotes from 'The Kite Runner': "Children aren't colouring books. You don't get to fill them with your favourite colours." "Self-defense has nothing to do with meanness." "God has granted you a special talent. It is now your duty to…
Here are some of my favourite quotes from the book 'The Lost Symbol' by Dan Brown: Human instinct was America's first line of defense against terrorism. It was a proven fact that human intuition was a more accurate detector of danger than all the electronic gear in the world -…
After finished reading this book, I'm wondering whether I have the courage to read it again in the future. The story is "too real" and it remains a deep impression on me. The story involves of Afghanistan women's experiences such as tortures and beatings by the men which…
If you never read this story before, you will never know that John Grisham is more suitable with legal thriller stories. I wish that he won't try to write any other stories beside of legal thriller. This story is about a seven-year old boy who lives in the cotton farm…