Description for THE CHINESE FIRE DRILL by Les Roberts: When expatriate novelist Anthony Holton, living in Bangkok, discovers that his best friend Jake McKay has gone missing in Hong Kong, along with his pride and joy, he is on the next plane to help. Jake is that kind of friend. What he finds when he gets there is a collection of pretty scary people, including a fugitive diamond smuggler, the godfather of a feared Chinese triad, a young Chinese billionaire, and an American soldier of fortune who knows every way there is to kill a man. Distracted by a dalliance with the mysterious Kate Longley, Holton finds himself hip deep in international smuggling---and violent death. Experience a crime master at the top of his game in this spell-binding international thriller by two-time Shamus Award-nominee Les Roberts.
