num_pages: 258
description: Amid the flash and din of Boston's raucous Chinese New Year's celebration an elderly man named Chen An-Yong is shot while watching the parade from his Tyler Street window. Anthony Bradley, the young son of an African American judge is standing across the street at the time and is immediately arrested for the crime.Michael Knight is a young lawyer who is "going places," but even Knight is surprised when Judge Bradley asks him to defend his son in such a high profile and politically dangerous case. Luckily, Knight finds he has powerful support when a senior partner at his firm, the legendary Lex Devlin, becomes involved. Once the foremost criminal defense attorney in Boston, Devlin has mysteriously withdrawn from defense work in recent years. As Knight and Devlin investigate the incident and prepare their client's defense, the older lawyer's passion and ability come to the fore, leading Knight to consider anew the murky allegations that eclipsed his mentor's career.Before he can defend the young Bradley, Knight is forced to enter into the shadow world of gangland Chinatown, where Triads and Tongs rule through fear and intimidation, creating a nearly impenetrable wall of silence. From the halls of Harvard to the streets of Chinatowns in Boston and Toronto, Knight doggedly pursues an increasingly dangerous investigation that involves drugs, prostitution, human trafficking, and, ultimately, a corruption scandal that could bring down the most powerful people in Boston.
language: English
title: Neon Dragon
titlecomplete: Neon Dragon (Knight and Devlin, #1)
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Thriller
ratings_count: 312
series: Knight and Devlin
publisher: Univ Pr of New England