Thank you to the publisher for the gifted copy

Set in the 1940s in Berkeley, California, Detective Al Sullivan is tasked with investigating the murder of a presidential candidate in a swanky hotel. Suspects range from three young & wealthy women who suffered a family tragedy a decade ago in the same hotel and China's First Lady Madame Chiang Kai-Shek.

GATE mentions lots of CA's history; I loved learning about these aspects, even though it breaks the flow of the story and, frankly, should've been edited out