Dragon Day

Ellie McEnroe is an Iraq War vet living in Beijing, where she represents the work of cutting-edge Chinese political artists. She has one bum leg, an evangelical mother and a sweet-tempered rescue mutt for roommates, and a taste for beer and dumplings. She also has Chinese Domestic Security on her tail and a dwindling number of Percocets to get her through her bad days.And she's about to have some bad days. The immensely powerful—and occasionally homicidal—Shanghai billionaire Sidney Cao has asked Ellie to investigate Marsh Brody, his son's suspicious new American business partner. Ellie knows she can't refuse, for a variety of reasons. So she agrees to take on Sidney's recon mission under the pretense of creating a museum with his priceless art collection.Ellie is grudgingly swept up into the elite social circles of Sidney's three children, the debauched Guwei, rebellious Meimei and social climber Tiantian. The mission is a nuisance, but a harmless one, until a...