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Learn moreIs the Chinese curse just a myth?
Soon after an ancient talisman is smuggled out of Hong Kong, a container ship filled with Chinese refugees runs aground on Alcatraz, the crew murdered.
The Chinese Triads suspect one of their own, a female assassin named Sally known to have connections with a San Francisco detective named Cape Weathers. But when Sally goes missing, Cape becomes the focus of Triads' attention, and soon the FBI has him on their radar. Cape quickly realizes he's screwed if he doesn't find out what really happened aboard the ship.
He seeks the aid of two neurotic cops, a drug lord, a computer genius, a mayoral candidate, and a reporter with sentient hair.
From there, it all goes to hell.
Tim Maleeny is the award-winning author of Greasing the Piñata. His short fiction won the 2007 Macavity Award and appears in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and Death Do Us Part, an anthology edited by Harlan Coben. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Columbia University, he currently lives in San Francisco.
Michael Kramer is an actor, director, and narrator. He has recorded more than 100 audiobooks, as well as titles for the Library of Congress Talking Books program. Among the recognition he has garnered for his narration are AudioFile magazine’s Earphones Award and the Torgi Award. Mr. Kramer lives in Washington, DC, where he is active in the area’s theater scene, and has appeared in productions at the Shakespeare Theatre, the Kennedy Center, and Theater J.
Reviews
“An intriguing story…there are flashes of flair and inspiration in this promising first novel.”
“Readers will want to see more of Cape and Sally.”
“Tough, original, compelling—a perfect thriller debut.”
“San Francisco comes alive in Tim Maleeny’s engaging and confident debut thriller…Stealing the Dragon…combines a gumshoe mystery in the tradition of Dashiell Hammett with the exotic action of Trevanian.”
“A crime noir tour of San Francisco’s Chinatown.”
“Maleeny gives readers a fresh and fast take that enthralls.”
“Cape and Sally are fascinating characters.”
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