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The body of an elderly Chinese importer of rare jade lies on the carpet of a quietly expensive house in Pasadena, California. In a rough semicircle around his head rest four pieces of jade; protruding from the heart is a fifth-the Ya-Chang ritual knife.Who murdered the importer? Was it Yumeko, the beautiful half-black, half-Japanese girl who lived with him? Johnny Wu, a rich Chinese-American? Another customer? Or a political enemy from overseas?Black homicide detective Virgil Tibbs finds show more himself in the middle of a deadly situation involving hard drugs, Communist Chinese agents, and the exotic settings of the jade trade as he coolly tracks down the murderer.Praise for John Ball"A nice tight murder puzzle."-Times Literary Supplement "A taut, dramatic yarn."-Charlotte Observer show lessTags
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DuMont's Kriminal-Bibliothek (1075)
Perennial Library (P752)
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- Canonical title
- Five Pieces of Jade
- Original title
- Five Pieces of Jade
- Original publication date
- 1972
- People/Characters
- Virgil Tibbs
- Important places
- Pasadena, California, USA
- Original language
- English US
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- English, German, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
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