Tag: Noir
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The Shanghai Songbird Part 2
There was just enough light inside the nightclub to see the stage and nowhere enough to peer into the hearts of men. Lee placed a tiny mirror on the table, no larger than a compact makeup case, trying to make the best of the dim candlelight behind him. Wong didn’t mind. But in their corner…
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The Shanghai Songbird Part 1
Thomas Lee had read too many Western pulps to know how this would end. “Miss Ouyang,” he said, “I sympathise with your situation. I really do. But this looks like a job for the police.” Ouyang Li Yan didn’t frown. She was too glamorous for that. Her face melted under her thin mask of mascara…