{"product_id":"the-red-hot-empress-by-meredith-blevins-870af","title":"The Red Hot Empress by Meredith Blevins","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnnie Szabo has discovered a miracle: Jimmy Qi, a kid from Chinatown with the power to heal using music. He's dazzling, he's a scoundrel, he's wise, and he makes a great newspaper article. But now everyone wants Jimmy: an evangelist; a tong society; a CDC doctor; a dolphin fanatic; and an FBI agent who seems too good to be true. Feeling responsible for creating San Francisco's latest hot commodity, Annie enlists her mother-in-law, the audacious fortune-teller Madame Mina, to help keep Jimmy safe from his avid pursuers. But then the bodies start turning up.  Though the spicy Szabo women would like to kick back with a warm lover, a good movie, and a few laughs, life has something else in mind. One meeting with an extraordinary boy leads them headlong into a wild adventure.   Editorial Reviews  Review Simultaneously kooky and mysterious.--Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine on The Red Hot Empress  Blevins succeeds in weaving humor, zany characters, and the occult into an entertaining story with serious undertones.--Publishers Weekly on The Red Hot Empress  A madcap dash through San Francisco's Chinatown and the crumbling Haight-Ashbury district with a cast of bona fide eccentrics.--Kirkus Reviews on The Red Hot Empress  Fascinating gypsy lore, unforgettable characters and a wicked sense of humor distinguish Blevins's highly unusual mystery debut. ---Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Hummingbird Wizard  If you don't fall in love with the Szabos, you don't have hormones. A sublime debut whose sequel can't come fast enough. ---Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on The Hummingbird Wizard  An exciting debut. Blevins has written a thoroughly original first novel with characters you'll never forget.--Tony Hillerman on The Hummingbird Wizard  Damn fine book. A terrific read of a truly intriguing, finely crafted mystery. Meredith Blevins explores new territory in a new dimension other authors feared to go. ---Clive Cussler on The Hummingbird Wizard  Blevins flavors her lively prose with frequent humor and unexpected twists; readers will also be drawn in by the riveting characters, great plot, and insights into Gypsy culture.--Library Journal (starred review) on The Hummingbid Wizard  Simultaneously kooky and mysterious.  (Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine)  Blevins succeeds in weaving humor, zany characters, and the occult into an entertaining story with serious undertones.  (Publishers Weekly)  A madcap dash through San Francisco's Chinatown and the crumbling Haight-Ashbury district with a cast of bona fide eccentrics. (Kirkus Reviews)  About the Author MEREDITH BLEVINS lives with her family in the canyon country of Utah.. She has been a teacher, a music therapist, and a financial columnist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41852112928842,"sku":"870af","price":9.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/870af.jpg?v=1764533904","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/the-red-hot-empress-by-meredith-blevins-870af","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}