When the house passes into her hands she becomes certain someone is trying to kill her. In this exciting foreign place with its ladder streets, sampans and temples a new life opens for Jane but gradually she begins to feel the hidden menace. The story moves from the surroundings of the English country house, Roland's Croft, to Hong Kong and the House of a Thousand Lanterns. When her relationship with Sylvester's nephew ends in disaster she turns to him and seeks solace in the study of Chinese art and customs. She discovered it belonged to an unusual ma, Sylvester Milner, to whom her mother had become housekeeper and who was to have a great influence on her life. From the moment Jane Lindsay heard of the House of the Thousand Lanterns she was fascinated by it.
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