This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

CITY OF DRAGONS. Copyright © 2010 by Kelli Stanley. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Stanley, Kelli.

City of dragons / Kelli Stanley. — 1st ed.

p. cm.

“A Thomas Dunne book.”

ISBN 978-0-312-60360-1

1. Women private investigators—California—Fiction.

2. San Francisco (Calif.)—History—20th century—

Fiction. 3. Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)—Fiction.

I. Title.

PS3619.T3657C58 2010

813’.6—dc22