Gangsters of Shanghai

Gangsters of Shanghai

This Historical Thriller Set in Old Shanghai Will Keep You Guessing Until the Very End! Shanghai 1927. Pearl of the East or Whore of the Orient? Depends on who you ask. It's a cesspool of poverty, thronged with refugees, gripped by civil war. But for some it's still a fever dream: jazz clubs, film stars, and opium dens, celebrities and spies, easy money and beautiful women. The son of a rural Irish cop, Michael Gallagher has joined the Shanghai Municipal Police to escape an Ireland crippled by its recent bitter independence fight and escape a personal tragedy. Michael encounters Shanghai’s biggest philanthropist, a man called Big Ears Lu - who is also its creepiest racketeer. He falls for the beautiful courtesan Miriam Tsai. But does Michael’s collusion with Lu keep Miriam trapped in the House of Multiple Joys? Shanghai in 1927 is a city where after dark anything seems possible. A city where anyone can be crushed, and anyone corrupted. Even an innocent Irish cop. From the wreckage of guerrilla war in Ireland to the dawn of world war in Asia, Gangsters of Shanghai seethes with 20th Century turbulence and temptation. Can Mike Gallagher remain uncorrupted, and escape the imploding city with his life and his self-respect? If you want to find out what happens to Michael, scroll up and buy your copy today. Reviews From out of nowhere, this is one of the most enjoyable Shanghai novels we've read... Seek this superbly researched and deftly written novel out Peter Desmond City Weekend Magazine, Shanghai Could not put this book down. As good as Grisham Richard McCormack Amazon.com reader Superbly researched, it beggars belief that Gangsters of Shanghai is not filling the shelves in bookshops. It certainly deserves to be a best-seller. David Lowther Amazon.UK (Author of 'The Blue Pencil') A crime drama that jumps back and forth between China and Ireland during the turbulent first third of the 20th Century .... This mystery thriller manages to provide more than enough well-rendered excitement to sustain readers' attention Kirkus Reviews Gerry O'Sullivan's portrait of Jazz-Age Shanghai is pungent and lush .... Action shifts back and forth between Shanghai in the late 1920s and early '30s, and the slightly earlier Troubles in Ireland .... O'Sullivan's rich descriptions and clearly extensive research brought both alive Underground Book Reviews It reached the top ten in the Amazon 'thrillers historical' genre .... The main protagonist .... carrying the adventurer's essential item of luggage, a broken heart, sets off to join the Shanghai Municipal Police .... One of the great strengths of this book is its credible atmosphere. Shanghai was a smouldering pit of corruption, poverty and hedonism, with a heaving and colourful nightlife Grainne Keays Limerick Leader, Ireland Could not put this book down. As good as Grisham -Richard McCormack, Amazon.com Superbly researched, it beggars belief that Gangsters of Shanghai is not filling the shelves in bookshops. It certainly deserves to be a best-seller. -David Lowther, Amazon.UK (Author of 'The Blue Pencil') This book is worth reading for its historical detail alone .... There's an extremely well-drawn, accretive picture of just how surreal the International Settlement was. Wealthy Westerners line their balconies and watch vicious fighting just outside their borders as if it was sport .... We also see the grim experience of women on Bubbling Well Road. Subtle in his detail, the author refrains from judgment: women are brutalized but sometimes have agency .... -City Weekend, Shanghai A crime drama that jumps back and forth between China and Ireland during the turbulent first third of the 20th Century .... This mystery thriller manages to provide more than enough well-rendered excitement to sustain readers' attention.-Kirkus Reviews Gerry O'Sullivan's portrait of Jazz-Age Shanghai is pungent and lush .... Action shifts back and forth between Shanghai in the late 1920s and early '30s, and the slightly earlier Troubles in Ireland .... O'Sullivan's rich descriptions and clearly extensive research brought both alive.-Underground Book Reviews In December 2013 it reached the top ten in the Amazon 'thrillers historical' genre .... The main protagonist .... carrying the adventurer's essential item of luggage, a broken heart, sets off to join the Shanghai Municipal Police .... One of the great strengths of this book is its credible atmosphere. Shanghai was a smouldering pit of corruption, poverty and hedonism, with a heaving and colourful nightlife.-Limerick Leader, Ireland. "From out of nowhere, this is one of the most enjoyable Shanghai novels we've read... Seek this superbly researched and deftly written novel out" Review By Peter Desmond 'City Weekend' Magazine, Shanghai 10 December 2013 Gerry O'Sullivan was born in Limerick, Ireland, where he indulged his taste for historical fiction, intelligent action thrillers and adventure books. A