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Los Angeles Times reporter Eve Diamond has spent the day at LAX, shadowing a U.S. Customs Supervisor who's got his eye on an incoming flight from Beijing via Seoul and Tokyo. The flight's packed with the usual mass of humanity, ranging from the elegant Asian woman in the raspberry silk suit who emerges from first class carrying a tired toddler, to the scruffy students who have spent the long flight in economy. Suddenly, shots ring out. Three people are dead, including the silk-clad woman. show more The man who was booked on the flight as the dead woman's husband is missing. And the sad little toddler is left behind. Who is this child? Her passport says she's Japanese, but she doesn't seem to understand the language. Was the dead woman really her mother? Why has the child made five transpacific flights in one year? And why do Customs and Immigration whisk her immediately into hiding? Eve knows she must uncover the answers, even though it means putting herself at risk. Her search takes her from L.A.'s sleazy hotels, cybercafes to the upscale milieu of trendy restaurants and high-powered human-rights lawyers. Nothing is quite what it appears to be, and nobody seems to want Eve to find the child. show lessTags
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This is the third in a series featuring Eve Diamond, a reporter in Los Angeles. Eve is spending a day at the airport observing the work of US Customs for a feature in her paper, when she is witness to a shooting. 3 people die including a glamorous woman who was carrying a toddler - but what has happened to the toddler? Eve can't resist finding out and in the process she sees a lot of the darker side of customs and immigration.
I like Eve's persistence and idealism - I've noticed that a common theme in the books I've read so far is that the cases involve vulnerable children and young people.
It's taken me a while to get to this one, I hope to read the other two in the series quite soon.
I like Eve's persistence and idealism - I've noticed that a common theme in the books I've read so far is that the cases involve vulnerable children and young people.
It's taken me a while to get to this one, I hope to read the other two in the series quite soon.
not her best — Eve Diamond reporter — LA underside
Shadowing a customs official for a story, Eve is a witness when gunfire erupts at LAX. A beautiful Asian woman is killed, and her little girl is swept away by the INS. Eve suspects the toddler is being used by smugglers who trade in human lives. With the return of her ex-lover, Eve has everything to lose as she races to protect the child from ruthless armed men—and may find herself caught in their sights.
Shadowing a customs official for a story, Eve is a witness when gunfire erupts at LAX. A beautiful Asian woman is killed, and her little girl is swept away by the INS. Eve suspects the toddler is being used by smugglers who trade in human lives. With the return of her ex-lover, Eve has everything to lose as she races to protect the child from ruthless armed men—and may find herself caught in their sights.
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- Canonical title
- Last Lullaby
- Original title
- Last lullaby
- Original publication date
- 2005 (1e édition originale américaine) (1e édition originale américaine); 2006-04-06 (1e traduction et édition française, Seuil) (1e traduction et édition française, Seuil)
- People/Characters
- Eve Diamond
- Important places
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Dedication
- For Helene and Edward
- First words
- "Look lively, here comes Flight 1147."
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I had my own good name to worry about.
- Original language*
- Anglais (USA) (USA)
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- Languages
- English, French
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 13
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