Chinaman's chance

By Ross Thomas

Subjects: Artie Wu (Fictitious character), Wu, artie (fictitious character), fiction, Quincy Durant (Fictitious character), Durant, quincy (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, thrillers, espionage, Fiction in English, Private investigators

Description: "It was while jogging along the beach just east of the Paradise Cove pier that Artie Wu tripped over a dead pelican, fell, and met the man with six greyhounds." Thus begins what may be the most popular of Ross Thomas's unique stories.