The Golden Gate

Berkeley, California, 1944: A former presidential candidate is assassinated in one of the rooms at the opulent Claremont Hotel. Detective Al Sullivan's investigation brings up the spectre of another tragedy at the Claremont ten years earlier: the death of seven-year-old Iris Stafford, a member of the wealthy and influential Bainbridge family. The many threads of the case keep leading Sullivan back to the three remaining Bainbridge heiresses, now adults: Iris's sister, Isabella, and her cousins Cassie and Nicole. Chua's debut brings to life a historical era rife with turbulent social forces and forensic advances, when access to power and justice hinged on gender, race, and class.

Format: Hardback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 21 September 2023
Publisher: Atlantic Books

An epic, devastating, majestic mystery. Clever, richly imagined, and outright thrilling! Chris Whitaker Berkeley, California 1944: A former presidential candidate is assassinated in one of the rooms at the opulent Claremont Hotel. A rich industrialist, Walter Wilkinson, could have been targeted by any number of adversaries. But Detective Al Sullivan's investigation brings up the spectre of another tragedy at the Claremont ten years earlier: the death of seven-year-old Iris Stafford, a member of the wealthy and influential Bainbridge family. Some say she haunts the Claremont still. The many threads of the case keep leading Sullivan back to the three remaining Bainbridge heiresses, now adults: Iris's sister, Isabella, and her cousins Cassie and Nicole. Determined not to let anything distract him from the truth - not the powerful influence of Bainbridge's grandmother, or the political aspirations of Berkeley's district attorney, or the interest of Chinese first lady Madame Chiang Kai-Shek - Sullivan follows his investigation to its devastating conclusion. Chua's page-turning debut brings to life a historical era rife with turbulent social forces and ground-breaking forensic advances, when access to power, and therefore justice, hinged on gender, race, and class. Riveting! Daily Mail! Intriguing! Sunday Times! Vividly intoxicating! Janice Hallett

Weight: 602g
Dimension: 162 x 242 x 37 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781838959487
Edition number: Main