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020 $a9781250074973 (pbk.) :$cNT$595
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
082 04$a813.6$222
100 1 $aHart, Elsa,$eauthor.
245 14$aThe white mirror /$cElsa Hart.
250 $aFirst Minotaur Books paperback edition.
260 $aNew York :$bMinotaur Books,$c2017.
300 $a310 p. ;$c21 cm.
500 $aA mystery -- Cover.
520 $aIn the follow-up to Elsa Hart's critically acclaimed debut, Jade Dragon Mountain, Li Du, an imperial librarian and former exile in 18th century China, is now an independent traveler. He is journeying with a trade caravan bound for Lhasa when a detour brings them to a valley hidden between mountain passes. On the icy planks of a wooden bridge, a monk sits in contemplation. Closer inspection reveals that the monk is dead, apparently of a self-inflicted wound. His robes are rent, revealing a strange symbol painted on his chest. When the rain turns to snow, the caravan is forced to seek hospitality from the local lord while they wait for the storm to pass. The dead monk, Li Du soon learns, was a reclusive painter. According to the family, his bizarre suicide is not surprising, given his obsession with the demon world. But Li Du is convinced that all is not as it seems. Why did the caravan leader detour to this particular valley? Why does the lord's heir sleep in the barn like a servant? And who is the mysterious woman traveling through the mountain wilds? Trapped in the snow, surrounded by secrets and an unexplained grief that haunts the manor, Li Du cannot distract himself from memories he's tried to leave behind. As he discovers irrefutable evidence of the painter's murder and pieces together the dark circumstances of his death, Li Du must face the reason he will not go home and, ultimately, the reason why he must.
650 0$aLibrarians$vFiction.
651 0$aChina$xHistory$yQing dynasty, 1644-1912$vFiction.