The Mystery on the Great Wall of China

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A Slow Boat to
China
“Mimi,” Christina asked, “are you going to
write a mystery set in China?”
Christina’s grandmother just continued to
stare out the Air China airplane window with a
dreamy look in her eyes.
“Mimi?” Christina repeated. “Mimi?”
“Oh, I heard you,” Mimi finally answered.
“How can I?” she asked her granddaughter.
“China is so…so…well, just look!”
<strong>The</strong> four heads of Mimi, Papa, Christina,
and Grant huddled together to stare out at the
enormous mountain range far beneath them.
Traversing the hillsides was a long—indeed,