The Water Rat of Wanchai (Ava Lee, #1)

First, let me tell you the most important piece of news. At least I assume the author feels this way. There's a kind of instant coffee packet that Starbucks sells, and it's called VIA.
The product's name is dropped so many times during the book, the cover might as well have had a "sponsored by" banner plastered across it.

Carrying on. The book was easy to read, and not too long (unless one considers the ratio of pages to content). The language was flat and uninteresting. Ava's a superwoman - beautiful, smart, insanely desirable to men, trained in an improbably secret brand of martial arts, you name it. To make her a little interesting, she's Canadian, Chinese, and a lesbian. Or at least lesbian enough to mention a girlfriend twice.

There was very little forensic accounting in the book - that part was over in about 5 pages. Then there was some running around and some illegal vigilante actions, just so Ava could make some money. In the end, we're left with an uninteresting story with an unlikable protagonist.