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Malasia, 1931. Ji Lin es una joven que trabaja como aprendiz de modista. Sin embargo, cuando anochece se dirige al salón de baile Flor de Mayo, donde enseñalos ritmos de moda a cualquiera que le pague unas monedas. El descubrimiento de un macabro objeto en el traje de uno de sus clientes la sumergirá en una oscura aventura llena de secretos y crímenes atribuidos aun hombre-tigre. Con la ayuda de Ren, un extraño niñode once años, y de Shin, su atractivo hermanastro,JiLin deberá resolver el misterio antes de convertirseen la próxima víctima.Deslumbrante y mágica,El tigre nocturno construye un universo perfecto de romance y misterio exótico.
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Li Lan, hija de una familia de buena reputación peroescaso patrimonio, recibe una inusual propuesta de larica y poderosa familia Lim. Quieren que se convierta en la novia fantasma del único hijo de los Lim, quemurió bajo extrañas circunstancias. Raramente practicados, los matrimonios fantasma, según la tradición,servían para aplacar a los espíritus. La unión le garantizaría a Li Lan una casa para el resto de sus días, pero el precio a pagar sería terrible. Tras una visita a la opulenta mansión Lim, una serie de sueños acecharán a la joven y poco a poco descubrirá los oscuros secretos de su nueva familia
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Some people think foxes go around collecting qi, or life force, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking . . .Manchuria, 1908: A young woman is found frozen in the snow.Her death is clouded by rumours of foxes, believed to lure people into peril by transforming into beautiful women and men. Bao, a detective with a reputation for sniffing out the truth, is hired to uncover the dead woman's identity. Since childhood, Bao has been intrigued by the fox gods, yet they've remained tantalizingly out of reach. Until, perhaps, now.Snow is a creature of many secrets, but most of all, she's a mother seeking vengeance. Hunting a murderer, the trail will take her from northern China to Japan, with Bao following doggedly behind.And as their paths draw ever closer together, both Snow and Bao will encounter old friends and new foes, even as more deaths occur.The Fox Wife is a stunning novel about old loves and second chances, the depth of maternal bonds, and ancient folktales that may very well be true.
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Some people think foxes go around collecting qi, or life force, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking . . .Manchuria, 1908: A young woman is found frozen in the snow. Her death is clouded by rumours of foxes, believed to lure people into peril by transforming into beautiful women and men. Bao, a detective with a reputation for sniffing out the truth, is hired to uncover the dead woman's identity. Since childhood, Bao has been intrigued by the fox gods, yet they've remained tantalizingly out of reach. Until, perhaps, now.Meanwhile, the family of a famous Chinese medicine shop can cure all ailments except the curse that afflicts them. All their eldest sons die before their twentyfourth birthdays. Now the only grandson of the family is twentythree. When a mysterious woman enters their household, their luck seems to change. But is their new servant a simple young woman from the north, or a fox spirit bent on her own revenge?New York Times bestselling author Yangsze Choo brilliantly explores a world of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their dazzling intersection. The Fox Wife is a stunning novel about dead bodies found in the snow, a mother seeking revenge, and old folk tales that may very well be true.
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