The Risk Agent / Ridley Pearson / 420 pages

Ohhhh  yes, Ridley Pearson is the master of intricate plotting with plenty 'o twists & turns.  In Risk Agent, he introduces two new characters, John Knox (exporter, true blue, clever & violent) and Grace Chu (forensic accountant and former Red Army) and kicks off a new series of books.  Pearson spent a year with his family teaching writing in Shanghai and apparently he left no stone unturned when it came to understanding politics, police, culture, corruption, construction and day-to-day life in Shanghai.  20 million people in a city and face recognition technology so sophisticated that you can't go anywhere without being on camera.  The story is great, the plot is great, the characters are winners...so read it already.