If you love psychological thrillers, this novel will cut your breath from the beginning.
An old Chinese scholar living in Buenos Aires instructs a young niece and her boyfriend to interpret the I Ching (the Chinese oracle and book of wisdom). 
In China a powerful drug dealer weaves a complex plot to oust his competitors from world markets from his new base in South America. The Chinese triads and the Japanese Yakuza get entangled in this complex weft. 
For obscure reasons their actions seriously endanger the whole scholar´s family. I Ching guides them to face the threat. 
Vibrant thriller in its entirety.

I Ching and Murder

Ashikaga Taro was waiting sitting on a wooden bench for his turn to talk to his boss and teacher Hayashida. In his mind he recreated again and again the episode in Sao Paulo, making a harsh self-criticism about what had happened and thinking what he might have done differently so that did not end with Higa´s death. It was a Yakuza rule to worry about the lives and safety of other members, particularly those hierarchically dependent on one. He concluded that having frisked Xie Fu at the beginning of their meeting its end would have been different, and was ready to declare this to Hayashida. They had not done so as not to prematurely alert him of their intentions, but it had clearly been a fatal error. 


Finally the heavy oak doors opened and a man came who with a nod let Ashikaga know that the teacher was expecting him. 


Epilogue