James Church's Inspector O novels have been hailed as "crackling
good" ("The Washington Post") and "tremendously clever" ("Tampa
Tribune"), while Church himself has been embraced by critics as
"the equal of le Carre" ("Publishers Weekly," starred). Now
Church--a former Western intelligence officer who pulls back the
curtain on the hidden world of North Korea in a way that no one
else can--comes roaring back with a new novel introducing Inspector
O's nephew, Major Bing, the long-suffering chief of the Chinese
Ministry of State Security operations on the border with North
Korea.
The last place Bing expected to find the stunningly beautiful
Madame Fang--a woman Headquarters wants closely watched--was on his
front doorstep. Then, as suddenly as she shows up, Madame Fang
mysteriously disappears across the river into North Korea, leaving
in her wake both consternation and a highly sensitive assignment
for Bing to bring back from the North a long missing Chinese
security official. Concerned for his nephew's safety, O reluctantly
helps him navigate an increasingly complex and deadly maze, one
that leads down the twisted byways of O's homeland. In the
tradition of Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir trilogy, and the Inspector
Arkady Renko novels, "A Drop of Chinese Blood" presents an
unfamiliar world, a perplexing universe where the rules are an
enigma to the reader and even, sometimes, to Inspector O. Once
again, James Church has crafted a story with beautifully spare
prose and layered descriptions of a country and a people he knows
by heart.
General
Imprint: |
Minotaur Books,US
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2012 |
First published: |
November 2012 |
Authors: |
James Church
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Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
|
Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-312-55063-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
|
LSN: |
0-312-55063-4 |
Barcode: |
9780312550639 |
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