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| The Story Takes Place in San Francisco's Chinatown |
This
is an experiment in publishing in which you have free access to a complete
mystery novella (about 20,000 words) without having to have a special e-reading
device or a special program. It can be
read on a laptop, desktop, pad or smart phone. As long as you can log into a
website, you can do this.
I’ve
posted this short novel for a couple of reasons. The first is to introduce readers unfamiliar
with my work to my writing. The second is to encourage all readers to explore
the idea of short novels or novellas. It
is an interesting form and especially appropriate for reading on-line,
especially in smaller time windows — on the plane, in the waiting room, or
right before sleep.
Simply
start at chapter one and scroll down for as long as you enjoy the story. All the way, I hope.
The Dangerous Secrets of Ted Zheng is a traditional mystery
about a young, Chinese American forensic accountant from Arizona who
reluctantly gets tangled up in a Chinatown murder case. There is something more than a murder, or
murders, to solve. The investigation leads to a larger and more personal
discovery.
At
the end of each chapter, there is a comment section. Please feel free to
express yourself as you go along or at the end.
If
you enjoy this mystery, perhaps you’ll check out some of my other mysteries,
many of them available for less than $4 in various e-book formats and some in
trade paperback as well. If you want to
explore this kind of short fiction, check out Death in the Haight and Mascara:
Death in the Tenderloin.
Click here for the free novella. That’s all you have to do.
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