Master Chen's new novel is a new surprise for his fans. Yes, the book also takes place in Asia. And this is also a spy detective. But no longer medieval, but colonial. Imagine - British Malaya, the “age of jazz”, namely 1929. At this crossroads of civilizations - the Asian world with rickshaws, the secrets of the Chinese triads, the silver chariots of Indian gods, and the Western world - with Portuguese sailing ships, British tennis courts and "whites only" hotels - mysterious events take place. A series of brutal murders with chopsticks was committed Amalia de Souza, a young Portuguese woman with generous additions of Malay and Siamese blood, begins an independent investigation. And now the killers are seriously making attempts on her life... By the way, who Amalia is is also a mystery. But certainly not the modest administrator of the Elise cabaret that she pretends to be.