{"product_id":"corpse-in-the-koryo-an-inspector-o-novel-1","title":"Corpse in the Koryo: An Inspector O Novel","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCorpse in the Koryo: An Inspector O Novel\u003c\/h1\u003eJames Church,James Church\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Minotaur Books\u003cbr\u003eSeptember 4 2007\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780312374310\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0312374313\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\"On the surface, \u003ci\u003eA Corpse in the Koryo\u003c\/i\u003e is a crackling good mystery novel, filled with unusual characters involved in a complex plot that keeps you guessing to the end.\"\u003cbr\u003e---Glenn Kessler, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOne of Publishers Weekly Top 100 Books of 2006\u003cbr\u003eOne of Booklist's Best Genre Fiction of 2006\u003cbr\u003eOne of the Chicago Tribune's best mystery\/thrillers of 2006 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSit on a quiet hillside at dawn among the wildflowers; take a picture of a car coming up a deserted highway from the south. \u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\". . . an outstanding crime novel. . . . a not-to-be-missed reading experience. \" \u003cbr\u003e---\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Inspector O is completely believable and sympathetic . . . The writing is superb, too . . . richly layered and visually evocative.\"\u003cbr\u003e---\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\". . . an impressive debut that calls to mind such mystery thrillers as Martin Cruz Smith's \u003ci\u003eGorky\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePark\u003c\/i\u003e. . . .\" \u003cbr\u003e---\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred)\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391313346605,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_681a6a8d-c303-4168-bf44-616591fde3c5.jpg?v=1787353280","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/corpse-in-the-koryo-an-inspector-o-novel-1","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}