The Recurring Cast
Character · Chin and Smith · 10 books

Mrs Chin

Lydia's disapproving mother · S. J. Rozan

Mrs Chin is Lydia’s disapproving mother.

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Character facts

First appearance
China Trade (1994)
Latest appearance
Family Business (2021)
Books
10 (10 minor)
Series
Lydia Chin and Bill Smith
Author
S. J. Rozan
Circle
Chin and Smith

Where to meet Mrs Chin

Mrs Chin first appears in China Trade (1994), in a minor role, book 1 of the Lydia Chin and Bill Smith series.

Buy China Trade

Every book with Mrs Chin

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1994·China Trademinor role · Lydia Chin and Bill SmithBuy
  2. 1996·Mandarin Plaidminor role · Lydia Chin and Bill SmithBuy
  3. 1998·A Bitter Feastminor role · Lydia Chin and Bill SmithBuy
  4. 2001·Reflecting the Skyminor role · Lydia Chin and Bill SmithBuy
  5. 2009·The Shanghai Moonminor role · Lydia Chin and Bill SmithBuy
  6. 2010·On the Lineminor role · Lydia Chin and Bill SmithBuy
  7. 2011·Ghost Herominor role · Lydia Chin and Bill SmithBuy
  8. 2019·Paper Sonminor role · Lydia Chin and Bill SmithBuy
  9. 2020·The Art of Violenceminor role · Lydia Chin and Bill SmithBuy
  10. 2021·Family Businessminor role · Lydia Chin and Bill SmithBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Bill SmithInvestigator, Lydia's sometime partner10
Lydia ChinChinese-American investigator in Chinatown10