Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The First Excellence ~ Fa-ling's Map
    The First Excellence ~ Fa-ling's Map
    The First Excellence ~ Fa-ling's Map
    Ebook406 pages5 hours

    The First Excellence ~ Fa-ling's Map

    By Donna Carrick

    4/5

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Winner of the 2011 Indie Book Event Award for excellence in fiction.

    What happens when East bleeds into West? Join Fa-ling on an incredible journey into the heart of mainland China. Searching for her lost heritage, Fa-ling encounters murder, kidnapping, political intrigue and organ theft. With Detective Wang Yong-qi and his brilliant but uncouth partner Cheng Minsheng, Fa-ling must uncover a high-stakes kidnapping plot – before another child goes missing!

    Donna Carrick is the award-winning author of several crime novels and anthologies, including The First Excellence, Gold And Fishes, The Noon God and Sept-Iles and Other Places.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDonna Carrick
    Release dateApr 17, 2010
    ISBN9781439253939
    The First Excellence ~ Fa-ling's Map
    Author

    Donna Carrick

    An Air Force Brat, Donna Carrick grew up in locations all over Canada. Her primary influences came from small town Saskatchewan, Northern Ontario, the mining towns of Cape Breton, Northern Quebec and her birth province of New Brunswick. Donna is the host of Dead to Writes, the podcast, available at YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. She is also co-owner of Carrick Publishing, an indie publishing house dedicated to excellence in fiction. A former executive member of Crime Writers of Canada, Donna remains active in the Canadian writing scene, supporting Sisters In Crime, Word On The Street, Bloody Words and a variety of other venues for the literary arts. Donna is the author of three mystery novels: The First Excellence ~ Fa-ling's Map, Gold And Fishes and The Noon God. All titles are available in paperback as well as Kindle and e-reader versions. Her third full-length crime novel, The First Excellence, won the 2011 Indie Book Event Award for excellence in fiction! A founding member of the Mesdames of Mayhem, Donna's stories have appeared in their five anthologies to date, including the 10th anniversary crime anthology titled In the Spirit of 13. In addition, Carrick Publishing has produced several anthologies featuring authors from around the world, including their latest title: A Grave Diagnosis. Donna's Toboggan Mystery Series, which includes Sept-Iles and other places, Knowing Penelope and North on the Yellowhead, offers short-story lovers a broad collection of her work. She enjoys sharing her knowledge of and enthusiasm for the independent and self-publishing industry. Contact Carrick Publishing to arrange a workshop or group engagement. An office manager, wife and mother of three, Donna divides her time between the hectic pace of Toronto and the relative peace of Ontario's spectacular Georgian Bay. Life is never dull with husband/author Alex Carrick, their grown and growing family, and a collection of fur-babies. Subscribe to Dead to Writes, the Podcast at iTunes today! https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/dead-to-writes/id1323768397?mt=2#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadtowrites.ca%2F%3Fp%3D323

    Read more from Donna Carrick

    Related to The First Excellence ~ Fa-ling's Map

    Related ebooks

    Performing Arts For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Cricket League

      Jan 1, 2022

      It was an unusual birthday. Colorful banners blanketed the backyard. Kids chased each other through the grass. Adults talked. It all went downhill from there. My little sister was turning five. On her birthday cake, painted in frosting, was a fat, pi

      7 min read

    • Article

      Princess Bari

      Apr 15, 2019

      Princess Bari
      6 min read

    • Article

      This Back Is a Familiar Back

      May 1, 2023

      This Back Is a Familiar Back
      8 min read

    • Article

      Summer Reading Guide

      Jan 2, 2022

      Summer Reading Guide
      6 min read

    • Article

      A Symposium on Childhood

      Sep 1, 2021

      A Symposium on Childhood
      25 min read

    • Article

      An Act of Love

      Dec 30, 2020

      An Act of Love
      5 min read

    • Article

      Reunion

      Nov 17, 2022

      Reunion
      7 min read

    • Article

      Come With Me

      Nov 22, 2018

      Come With Me
      23 min read

    • Article

      Cricket League

      Sep 1, 2019

      Ayat Jaffar, age 9 Avon, OH Over winter break, I went to Umrah. Umrah is an Islamic Pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. I went with my mom, dad, and older sister. We went around a big black stone and between two big mountains seven times each in mem

      7 min read

    • Article

      Two Poems

      Jul 1, 2023

      I The teenaged girl is searching for a placethat goes through, the holeto put the tampon inside. When she finds itshe asks her mother, Is this where the penis would go?Yes, her mother explains.Then I will never have sex. II Sweltering New York City.

      5 min read

    • Article

      Kwan and Timmi

      Apr 4, 2023

      Kwan and Timmi
      3 min read

    • Article

      Mirror Mirror On The Wall

      Oct 5, 2023

      Mirror Mirror On The Wall
      10 min read

    • Article

      WINNERS APRIL 2023 STORY CONTEST Pet

      Sep 1, 2023

      Danah Jang, age 10Westlake, OH Finn, the Goat Picasso I had a tawny-colored goat named Finn. I raised him after finding him in the fields. He was in poor condition, calling out with miserable, piercing wails. The heart-melting scene convinced me to

      9 min read

    • Article

      Animal Angels

      Apr 27, 2020

      Animal Angels
      3 min read

    • Article

      A new START

      Aug 19, 2020

      A new START
      3 min read

    • Article

      Cricket Ceague

      Apr 1, 2019

      Penelope Berkeley, age 9 Mars Hill, NC Night had fallen, and Luna awoke from where she had been sleeping in a cornfield. She moved steadily through the stalks with barely a sound, keeping her eyes on the glittering glass rooftop of the greenhouse in

      7 min read

    • Article

      White Cap

      Jul 31, 2022

      There was a young girl who lived near a church. Her older brother was a mischievous boy and was always trying to frighten the girl in a variety of ways. Eventually, she became so accustomed to his tricks, that nothing could scare her. Every time she

      1 min read

    • Article

      Better

      Aug 12, 2019

      Better
      18 min read

    • Article

      The Mirror Test

      Dec 1, 2020

      always squeeze bread to make sure it’s fresh; butwhat if the baker won’t let me feel the bread?;you mean to say that after all you are really goingto be the kind of woman who the baker won’t letnear the bread? —Jamaica Kincaid, “Girl” In the eighteen

      19 min read

    • Article

      The Family Plot

      May 7, 2020

      The Family Plot
      10 min read

    • Article

      Glad Tidings

      Apr 10, 2024

      I unwrap my grandmother’s tinkling candle carousel without incident. We’ve used the same bubble wrap for years, and I’m not sure what good the airless plastic does to protect it, but anyway, the metal is tarnishing. Next, I arrange the poinsettias my

      12 min read

    • Article

      Floating

      Mar 11, 2019

      Floating
      14 min read

    • Article

      An unexpected LESSON

      Mar 9, 2021

      An unexpected LESSON
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Girl On The Bed

      Oct 29, 2019

      The Girl On The Bed
      4 min read

    • Article

      Anne's Spooky Tales WHITE CAP

      Jul 30, 2023

      There was a young girl who lived near a church. Her older brother was a mischievous boy and was always trying to frighten the girl in a variety of ways. Eventually, she became so accustomed to his tricks, that nothing could scare her. Every time she

      1 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The First Excellence ~ Fa-ling's Map

    4/5

    10 ratings2 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 5/5
      A fascinating and engrossing tale. I was 50 % thru the book before I looked up to see where I was. Interweaving of new and old China, mores, hopes, and dreams, coupled with one of China’s greatest exports – the adoption of it’s rejected girl babies to Western couples.
    • 4/5
      Thriller wrapped around one woman's search for her family history in China.

    Book preview

    The First Excellence ~ Fa-ling's Map - Donna Carrick

    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1