A review by vkemp
City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley

3.0

Miranda Corbie is a private investigator in San Francisco. It's 1939 and the Japanese have just invaded China. Miranda fought in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War and she has seen too many people die. When Eddie Takahashi is shot in front of her during a Rice Bowl party and the police want to cover it up, Miranda vows to find his killer. The trail leds her through Chinatown and soon she finds the Mob working with the Chinese to bring dope and prostitutes into San Francisco. She is run over and beaten up and still keeps swinging. I really enjoyed the period feel of this book. Miranda wears a size large suit of armor to protect herself from feeling anything. I wonder where her next adventures will lead her?