Every family has its secrets. 
Every legacy has its price.

Amy Chua's debut novel, The Golden Gate, is a sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change. 

“Thrilling... mind-bending... Chua seeds the novel with fascinating nuggets of California history and real-life figures... The result is a richly satisfying historical mystery that draws on its setting for more than mere atmosphere.”

— Publisher's Weekly

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Amy Chua is the John M. Duff, Jr. Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She is an internationally bestselling author of several non-fiction titles, including her 2011 memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, which was a runaway international bestseller that has been translated into over 30 languages. Chua graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and cum laude from Harvard Law School. After practicing on Wall Street for a few years, she joined the Yale Law School faculty in 2001. The Golden Gate is her fiction debut.

Further praise for The Golden Gate

It’s a measure of how atmospheric and cinematic historical thriller The Golden Gate is, that reading it puts the reader in mind of movies like L.A. Confidential and Chinatown. ... This is that juicy, sweeping, immersive read—equal parts tangled mysteries, fascinating characters, and hypnotic feel for time and place—that begs to be read in a single, transfixed sitting.
—Vannessa Cronin, Amazon Editor; Amazon Editors' pick and one of Amazon’s Best Books of the Year 2023

“A riveting mystery.”
— Booklist (starred review)

“All the elements I love in a mystery: A tough-guy homicide detective, an entrancing femme fatale, family secrets, a touch of Agatha Christie, and a soupcon of Dashiell Hammett. And Amy Chua’s terrific writing provides the icing.”
— Lisa See, bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

“A successful, compelling mash-up of California history, ghost story, family tale, and social commentary.”
— Library Journal (starred review)

“An epic, devastating, majestic mystery.”
— Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of We Begin at the End

“This saga―the story has as many twisting corridors as the hotel―allows Chua to dig deep into the privileges and invisible barriers at work in any haves-and-have-nots meeting, with memorable results.”
— First Clue