Hulan and David are brought together to work on the same case from different perspectives. The Chinese government opposes the Society as a threat to public order, an opinion that Hulan strongly shares. Hulan's inner turmoil is made even worse when she is forced to shoot and kill a woman at an All-Patriotic Society rally to save a young girl from being stabbed by her mother. Guilt and anguish have driven the lovers apart, unable to get past their mutual loss. Once again the protagonists Inspector Liu Hulan and Attorney David Stark return-this time as husband and wife.Īt the start of the novel, the couple mourns the death of their young daughter Chaowen. Dragon Bones by Lisa See (2003) is the third of the Red Princess mysteries, preceded by Flower Net and The Interior.
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