New Releases by Ross Thomas

""It was while jogging along the beach just east of the Paradise Cove pier that Artie Wu tripped over a dead pelican, fell, and met the man with six greyhounds."""- "from "Chinaman''s Chance" Thus begins what may be the most popular of Ross Thomas''s unique stories. The combination of Wu, pretender to the Imperial throne of China, and Quincy Durant, who has his own colorful past, makes for a heady experience. After starting with the deceased pelican on a California beach, the plot mixes in the disappearance of a large sum of money that should have been buried in Vietnam, and the search for the missing member of a trio of singing sisters from the Ozarks. Only Thomas could have stirred this concoction with the style, humor, and suspense that captures the reader at the very beginning and doesn''t let go until the last word.

To coincide with the paperback release of Voodoo, Ltd., here is Thomas''s classic Edgar-nominated political thriller--out of print for years. Investigator and ladies'' man Jake Pope is out to discover what shocking secret Crawdad Gilmore was planning to reveal before he was shot to death.