num_pages: 192
description: 1988 started with a bang in Sydney's Chinatown - and it wasn't just the fireworks. While the rest of the country was celebrating, the biggest bank job in Australia's history was taking place. "The Great Chinese Take-Away", the press tagged it, and in those missing safety deposit boxes were items infinitely more valuable than money.A gold key with a dragon on it: why did the Chen family want it back so badly?It started as a routine case for Claudia Valentine, but that's not the way it ended up. Claudia's hunt for the key spins her into a world of ancient treasures and modern Triad killings, through sleazy back streets and exotic oriental temples. And, everywhere, nothing is as it seems.
language: English
title: The Case of the Chinese Boxes
titlecomplete: The Case of the Chinese Boxes (Allen & Unwin Original Fiction)
genres: Australia, Mystery, Crime, Fiction
ratings_count: 41
series: Claudia Valentine
publisher: Allen & Unwin