Category Archives: China

Border Run by Simon Lewis

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

Lewis, Simon - ‘Border Run’ Paperback: 208 pages (Apr. 2012) Publisher: Sort of Books ISBN: 0956308651 BORDER RUN is a suspense novel set in the forest region of China near Myanmar (called Burma here). Will and Jake are two backpackers taking … Continue reading →

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Death of a Red Heroine, by Qiu Xiaolong

Posted on April 1, 2010 by

  Death of a Red Heroine Death of a Red Heroine is on the one hand a fairly standard police procedural novel, as Chief Inspector Chen and Detective Yu of the Shanghai Police Bureau investigate the case of a murdered … Continue reading →

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The Man From Beijing, by Henning Mankell

Posted on March 28, 2010 by

  The Man from Beijing Translated by Laurie Thompson. The usual pattern in a crime novel is for a murder to take place and for the investigator(s) to gradually narrow down the various explanations until one is left and the … Continue reading →

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The Eye of Jade, by Diane Wei Liang

Posted on March 28, 2010 by

  The Eye of Jade Mei Wang is a determined young woman in modern China. Not wishing to be part of the conventional system of kickbacks and privilege, she quits her safe Ministry job and sets up as a private … Continue reading →

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The Trafficked, by Lee Weeks

Posted on May 24, 2009 by

  The Trafficked Johnny Mann, the bereaved Hong Kong police detective at the centre of THE TROPHY TAKER case, is sent to England to investigate the case of Amy Tang, a 12-year-old girl who has been kidnapped from her boarding … Continue reading →

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The Trophy Taker, by Lee Weeks

Posted on January 17, 2009 by

  The Trophy Taker "Missing girls, a brutal killer, a city in terror" are the words on the cover of THE TROPHY TAKER and I suppose they are a fair description, although the city (Hong Kong) does not seem too … Continue reading →

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Bad Traffic, by Simon Lewis

Posted on November 2, 2008 by

Bad Traffic BAD TRAFFIC is a book that epitomises all that is great about the crime-fiction genre. It has a tight plot that unfolds at breakneck pace; it depicts an alien world vividly; there is a range of believable and … Continue reading →

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The Slaughter Pavilion, by Catherine Sampson

Posted on September 7, 2008 by

The Slaughter Pavilion I've enjoyed Catherine Sampson's three previous novels very much, but with THE SLAUGHTER PAVILION she truly comes into her own. The main character from the first three books, Robin Ballantyne, appears only briefly. Here, the setting is … Continue reading →

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The pool of unease, by Catherine Sampson

Posted on April 6, 2008 by

The Pool of Unease Following on from her excellent first two novels, FALLING OFF AIR and OUT OF MIND, Catherine Sampson provides a change of theme for TV journalist Robin Ballantyne. After the death of her partner and the father … Continue reading →

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