Beautiful Ghosts

In an earlier time Shan Tao Yun was an Inspector stationed in Beijing. But helost his position his family and his freedom when he ran afoul of a powerfulfigure ... » 

In an earlier time Shan Tao Yun was an Inspector stationed in Beijing. But helost his position his family and his freedom when he ran afoul of a powerfulfigure high in the Chinese government. Released unofficially from the work campto which hed been sentenced Shan has been living in remote mountains of Tibetwith a group of outlawed Buddhist monks. Without status official identity orthe freedom to return to his former home in Beijing Shan finds himself in themidst of a baffling series of events. During a ceremony meant to rededicate anancient and long destroyed monastery Shan stumbles across evidence of a recentmurder in the ruins. Now Shan is being torn between some officials who want hishelp to search the ruins while others want him to disappear back into themountains with one group holding out the tantalizing prospect of once againseeing the son from whom Shan has been separated for many years.In a baffling situation where nothing is what it appears to be where the FBIhigh ranking Beijing officials the long hidden monks and the almost forgottenhistory of the region all pull him in different directions Shan finds hisdevotion to the truth sorely tested. Traveling from Tibet to Beijing to theU.S. he must find the links between murder on two continents a high profileart theft and an enigmatic longmissing figure from history. «