Fiction

China Tiger Lilly's Cafe, Restaurant & Grille

A Mystery in Four Parts

As technology changes around us, new ways of storytelling continue to be created. This exploratory fiction project began online with the attempt to make a written story more three-dimensional and to immerse the reader beyond the printed word. The book was only available for a limited time and has been retired by the author.

China Tiger Lilly's Cafe Restaurant and Grille may be re-released in different format in the future as Cafe Turandot.

Blurb:

For this fictional work J.C. Gary combined his varied background, an interest in food and cooking plus original artwork into a unique mystery work in four parts.

Story Description: Phyl is a recently divorced, cool California older woman who has been around the block a few times. Her Italian friend Lou, an unemployed opera singer, chooses to move into a dingy San Francisco apartment above a restaurant-bar on the edge of Chinatown where he begins to realize that things are not always what they seem. He drifts into a twisted world full of intriguing questions - finding answers he didn't expect and a restaurant with more on the menu than just food. Step into magical San Francisco foggy days and nights to experience this cocktail of Turandot with a San Francisco twist. Over 20 recipes are included.

China Tiger Lilly's Cafe, Restaurant & Grille is a fictional restaurant.

Specs:

Blog to Ebook and Printed Book, 2008.
ISBN: 978-0-578-03489-8
Hard copy published 2010

Worldwide distribution including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and others.

E-Book:
Optimized PDF format
Full color interior and exterior.

Print:
6 X 9 inches ( 15.25 X 22.86 cm ) standard U.S. trade soft cover
Full-color cover, black & white interior, perfect bound. 306 pp.
Distribution: worldwide and online through major sites including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Lulu and others.

Various recipe tie-ins:

Created and included inside the book, promoted externally.

Video promotion:
Two different types of early generation video editing software were used for book promotional trailers.

Merchandise tie-ins:
T-shirts and various customized printed products. Potential cookbook and other product placement.

Covers, Video, and Selected Interior Art: