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The fox wife : a novel / Yangsze Choo.
"Manchuria, 1908. In the last years of the dying Qing Empire, a courtesan is found frozen in a doorway. Her death is clouded by rumors of foxes, which are believed to lure people by transforming themselves into beautiful women and handsome men. Bao, a detective with an uncanny ability to sniff out the truth, is hired to uncover the dead woman's identity. Since childhood, Bao has been intrigued by the fox gods, yet they've remained tantalizingly out of reach -- until, perhaps, now. Meanwhile, a family who owns a famous Chinese medicine shop can cure ailments but can't escape the curse that afflicts them -- their eldest sons die before their twenty-fourth birthdays. When a disruptively winsome servant named Snow enters their household, the family's luck seems to change -- or does it? Snow is a creature of many secrets, but most of all she's a mother seeking vengeance for her lost child. Hunting a murderer, she will follow the trail from northern China to Japan, while Bao follows doggedly behind. Navigating the myths and misconceptions of fox spirits, both Snow and Bao will encounter old friends and new foes, even as more deaths occur." -- Amazon
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250266019
- ISBN: 1250266017
- Physical Description: 388 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Map on lining pages. |
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| Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Historical fiction. Magic realist fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 12 of 24 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 2 of 4 copies available at Scenic Regional.
Holds
- 2 current holds with 24 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Scenic Regional-Hermann | FIC CHO (Text) | 3008045391 | New Fiction | Available | - |
| Scenic Regional-Pacific | FIC CHO (Text) | 3008045405 | New Fiction | On holds shelf | - |
| Scenic Regional-St. Clair | FIC CHO (Text) | 3008045413 | New Fiction | Available | - |
| Scenic Regional-Warrenton | FIC CHO (Text) | 3008045421 | New Fiction | Checked out | 04/27/2024 |
