by Ian Hamilton
— Toronto Star
“Fast-paced and very entertaining.”
— Montreal Gazette
“Ava Lee is definitely a winner.”
— Saskatoon Star Phoenix
“The Wild Beasts of Wuhan is an entertaining dip into potentially fatal worlds of artistic skulduggery.”
— Sudbury Star
“Hamilton uses Ava’s investigations as comprehensive and intriguing mechanisms for plot and character development.”
— Quill & Quire
PRAISE FOR THE RED POLE OF MACAU
“Ava Lee returns as one of crime fiction’s most intriguing characters. The Red Pole of Macau is the best page-turner of the season from the hottest writer in the business!”
— John Lawrence Reynolds, author of Beach Strip
“Ava Lee, that wily, wonderful hunter of nasty business brutes, is back in her best adventure ever . . . If you haven’t yet discovered Ava Lee, start here.”
— Globe and Mail
“The best in the series so far.”
— London Free Press
“Ava [Lee] is a character we all could use at one time or another. Failing that, we follow her in her best adventure yet.”
— Hamilton Spectator
“A romp of a story with a terrific heroine.”
— Saskatoon Star Phoenix
“Fast-paced . . . The action unfolds like a well-oiled action flick.”
— Kitchener-Waterloo Record
“A change of pace for our girl [Ava Lee] . . . Suspenseful.”
— Toronto Star
“Hamilton packs tremendous potential in his heroine . . . A refreshingly relevant series. This reader will happily pay House of Anansi for the fifth instalment.”
— Canadian Literature
PRAISE FOR THE SCOTTISH BANKER OF SURABAYA
“Hamilton deepens Ava’s character, and imbues her with greater mettle and emotional fire, to the extent that book five is his best, most memorable, to date.”
— National Post
“In today’s crowded mystery market, it’s no easy feat coming up with a protagonist who stands out from the pack. But local novelist Ian Hamilton has made a great job of it with his Ava Lee books. Young, stylish, Chinese Canadian, lesbian, and a brilliant forensic accountant, Ava is as complex a character as you could want . . . [A] highly addictive series . . . Hamilton knows how to keep the pages turning. He eases us into the seemingly tame world of white-collar crime, then raises the stakes, bringing the action to its peak with an intensity and violence that’s stomach churning. His Ava Lee is a winner and a welcome addition to the world of strong female avengers.”
— NOW Magazine
“Most of [the series’s] success rests in Hamilton’s tight plotting, attention to detail, and complex powerhouse of a heroine: strong but vulnerable, capable but not impervious . . . With their tight plotting and crackerjack heroine, Hamilton’s novels are the sort of crowd-pleasing, narrative-focused fiction we find all too rarely in this country.”
— Quill & Quire
“Ava is such a cool character, intelligent, Chinese-Canadian, unconventional, and original . . . Irresistible.”
— Owen Sound Sun Times