An investigation into four missing restaurant waiters leads Lydia Chin to the conflict between older Cantonese residents and the newer Funkienese immigrants, the discovery of illegal aliens imported for cheap labor, the deadly business of drug running, and possible U.S. government involvement in smuggling dissidents out of mainland China. Martin's Press.
Annotation: Chinese-American private detective Lydia Chin goes undercover as a dim sum waitress in New York's Chinatown to investigate the mysterious goings on within a local restaurant workers' union.