Ava Lee (11 books in series)
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review 1: The Water Rat of Wanchai was an interesting and fast moving read. It maintained my interest except for the spelling errors that I would have expected to be corrected in the 2014 edition. Ava Lee is an intelligent, strong, beautiful woman who is a "forensic accountant". That i...
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review 1: Ava Lee, a forensic accountant, helps her "Uncle" find and return money stolen from people and businesses.This one is about a case that takes her from her home in Toronto to Seattle, Hong Kong, Guyana and the British Virgin Islands. Along the way she meets Captain Roberts, whose ...
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review 1: The first of a series of novels involving the Toronto based forensic account Ava lee. Hamilton has fashioned an intriguing character with more than enough interesting threads to insure a long lasting series. A Chinese gay woman with a martial arts background, fascinating connecti...
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review 1: Ana is a lesbian bad ass Asian woman who is a fixer. She has underworld connections and her methods are not entirely legal, but she returns things to people and she is well paid for her talents. Her father has asked her to go to Hong Kong to help her half brother Michael and hi...
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review 1: For a light, easy and entertaining read, you can't beat an Ava Lee fix. This is the second Ian Hamilton book I've read - the other was #4 - this is #1 in the series. Enjoyed this one more - Ava Lee is a kick! She's a forensic accountant, a bak mei whiz and smart as a whip - the...
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review 1: When Uncle, Ava Lee's employer, decides to recover some money for a childhood friend's embezzler, Ava finds herself constrained by a very provincial attitude involving face, a lot of money, and a recovery of funds tainted by an overpowering need for revenge. As she wends her way...
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review 1: Ava Lee, the accountant/action hero type, is not the sort of series that I would ordinarily love, but I am making an exception in this case. It is important to note that this series should be read in order, as the books refer to previous things that have happened, and in those ca...
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review 1: Ava Lee plays hardball in this one set in Las Vegas, Vancouver, Manila, London, and San Francisco. Number two in the series and I had read and enjoyed number three. A common theme is the meddling, arrogant client. Last time it was a couple, now it's a Filipino Chinese billionaire...
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review 1: So, how do you get your money back from a ponzi scheme? With difficulty! Ava is back in action, although reluctantly, this episode seemed to be "in transition" as Ava debates a job offer and discovers Uncle may be ill. Lots of Canadiana at that start of this, in Muskoka and Missi...
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review 1: Not my favorite In the Ava Lee series - not enough action, too much time spent on describing designer fashions with unlimited budgets, and too many forensic accounting details but a fun read as Ava travels the world to solve an investment fiasco. Like Reacher, even with her hands...
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review 1: When Ava Lee's uncle called her she knew they had a new job. A friend of Her uncle's from Wuchan had been bilked of $50 million in a land deal in Kelowna and their job was to find the perpetrator and recover the money for a third of the amount. The victim's company was based in...