A Corpse in the Koryo
A Corpse in the Koryo (Inspector O Novels) James Church,
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
ISBN: 0312374313
DDC: 813.6
Edition: Paperback; 2007-09-04
Summary:
"On the surface, A Corpse in the Koryo is a crackling good mystery
novel, filled with unusual characters involved in a complex plot that
keeps you guessing to the end."---Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post
One of Publishers Weekly Top 100 Books of 2006One of Booklist’s Best
Genre Fiction of 2006One of the Chicago Tribune’s best
mystery/thrillers of 2006 Sit on a quiet hillside at dawn among the
wildflowers; take a picture of a car coming up a deserted highway
from the south. Simple orders for Inspector O, until he realizes they
have led him far, far off his department’s turf and into a maelstrom
of betrayal and death. North Korea’s leaders are desperate to hunt
down and eliminate anyone who knows too much about a series of
decade’s-old kidnappings and murders---and Inspector O discovers too
late he has been sent into the chaos. This is a world where nothing
works as it should, where the crimes of the past haunt the present,
and where even the shadows are real. Author James Church weaves a
story with beautifully spare prose and layered descriptions of a
country and a people he knows by heart after decades as an
intelligence officer. “. .. an outstanding crime novel. . .. a
not-to-be-missed reading experience. ” ---Library Journal (starred)
“Inspector O is completely believable and sympathetic . .. The
writing is superb, too . .. richly layered and visually
evocative.”---Booklist (starred) “. .. an impressive debut that calls
to mind such mystery thrillers as Martin Cruz Smith’s Gorky Park. . .
.” ---Publishers Weekly (starred)
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