In the sequel to Murder On The Rocks! there is a return to China and freak accident in a plane crash along the way, setting the tone for Felly’s experiences and observations of a swiftly developing country sometimes likened to an overturned apple-cart. 

So much has changed in the four years since her last visit to the mainland: more cars than bicycles in post-Olympic China are crowding the ever widening highways, for one thing. And when a colleague dies in a suspicious chemistry lab fire, Felly realises that all is not quite right in an economy bursting with new ideas of renewable energy and sustainable growth.