Shanghai in 1935 is a 20th century Babylon, an expatriate playground where fortunes are made and lost, where East and West collide, and the stakes include life itself.

Into this cultural melting pot, Rowland Sinclair arrives from Sydney to represent his brother at international wool negotiations. The black sheep of the family, Rowland is under strict instructions to commit to nothing - but a brutal murder makes that impossible.

As suspicion falls on him, Rowland enters a desperate bid to find answers in a city ruled by taipans and tycoons, where politics and vice are entwined with commerce, and where the only people he can truly trust are his long-term friends, an artist, a poet and a free-spirited sculptresss.

"The world-building is spot on" - Goodreads

"I've finished this book and am now suffering from Rowly-withdrawal" - Goodreads

"Sulari Gentill's rich, witty and vibrant prose with a touch of whimsy allows the reader to immerse themselves in the well-researched historical setting capturing the hustle and bustle and the glitz and glamour of Shanghai in 1935 with all the political and social machinations of Shanghai and elsewhere" - Goodreads