{"id":52897,"date":"2024-07-10T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=52897"},"modified":"2024-07-08T10:00:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:00:46","slug":"the-golden-gate-by-amy-chua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-golden-gate-by-amy-chua\/","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Gate by Amy Chua"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/del><\/a>The Golden Gate<\/em><\/a><\/strong> by Amy Chua is an historical mystery and thriller that perfectly combines the world’s events at the end of World War with the struggles and issues in the northern California community of Berkeley.\u00a0 The plot centers around Homicide Detective Al Sullivan, who is enjoying an after dinner drink at the famed Claremont Hotel, when in an upstairs suite, a presidential candidate, Walter Wilkinson, has two assassination attempts on his life within an hour.\u00a0 The second attempt proves fatal.\u00a0 The candidate was despised by many and when Sullivan heads up the case, there are a number of suspects and theories that rise to the top of his list.<\/p>\n

More than a decade earlier, another scandal at the Claremont Hotel was the talk of the town.\u00a0 This scandal involved the death of a seven year old child from the renowned Bainbridge family, whose wealth and status were at the peak of San Francisco society.\u00a0 While investigating the current case of Wilkinson, Detective Sullivan finds clues at the crime scene that harken back to the Bainbridge incident, linking the cases back to the surviving heiresses of the family.<\/p>\n

After Wilkinson’s death, another murder occurs that has Sullivan perplexed as to how these events could be tied together and how they may impact the United States national security in the future.\u00a0 The triangle of evidence grows even more complex when Sullivan discovers an extremely close relationship between Wilkinson and the first lady of China, who has taken up residence in the area just blocks away from the crime scene.\u00a0 Red herrings abound with Sullivan confident that the case is solved and then being thrown a curveball that makes him question everything he has investigated.\u00a0 After Sullivan gets a second break in the case all the pieces start to come together yet again or is this another false lead?<\/p>\n

Chua takes multiple storylines and weaves an extraordinary plot together that addresses the uncertainties of the time, the difference in social classes and a series of crimes that shocked the community.\u00a0 I cannot remember another book with such a unique plotline as The Golden Gate<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 As in most historical fiction, it perfectly captures the history, struggles and realism of the era.\u00a0 I particularly enjoyed the historical context and the internal struggles of Homicide Detective Al Sullivan, who tries to come to terms with his childhood while trying to navigate his future.\u00a0 The Golden<\/strong> Gate<\/strong> <\/em>also provides a fascinating glimpse at the United States immediately following World War II.\u00a0 This is Chua’s first fiction novel and I am hopeful that The Golden Gate<\/strong><\/em> is the first of many by this author!<\/p>\n

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