{"product_id":"the-couturier-of-milan-an-ava-lee-novel-book-9-9781487001612","title":"The Couturier of Milan: An Ava Lee Novel: Book 9","description":"\u003cp\u003eAva attends London Fashion Week for the launch of the P  fashion line, one of the major investments she and her partners in the Three Sisters -- May Ling Wong and Amanda Yee -- have made during the last year. With the exponential expansion of the luxury-brand market in China, Ava and her partners are determined to see a young Chinese designer break out in Europe and North America and they go full out in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe show is a success, but perhaps too much of one. It attracts the attention of Dominic Ventola, the principal partner in the luxury fashion conglomerate VLG. The women are invited to Milan to meet with Ventola and senior executives in his company. VLG offers to buy the Three Sisters' stake in P . Ava and her partners decline. A few days later, P  comes under attack in the fashion media and a large part of their customer base is pressured by VLG to abandon them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAva decides to strike back and turns to Xu for assistance, leading to a confrontation between two of the world's biggest global crime syndicates: the Camorra and the Triad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHamilton, Ian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eIAN HAMILTON is the author of the Ava Lee series. The books have been shortlisted for numerous prizes, including the Arthur Ellis Award, the Barry Award, and the Lambda Literary Prize, and are national bestsellers. \u003cem\u003eThe Water Rat of Wanchai\u003c\/em\u003e was the winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel and was named a best book of the year by Amazon.ca, the \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/em\u003e. BBC Culture named Hamilton one of the ten mystery\/crime writers from the last thirty years that should be on your bookshelf. The series is being adapted for television.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spiderline","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50416116924690,"sku":"9781487001612","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_30369371-f81b-4a72-bc85-7f65b96c565c.jpg?v=1729414100","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-couturier-of-milan-an-ava-lee-novel-book-9-9781487001612","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}