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James Church
James Church is the pseudonym of the author of the detective novels featuring a North Korean policeman, "Inspector O". Church is identified on the back cover of his novels as "a former Western intelligence officer with decades of experience in Asia". He grew up in the San Fernando Valley in the United States and was over 60 years old in 2009. His "Inspector O" novels have been well-received, being noted by Asia specialists for offering "an unusually nuanced and detailed portrait" of North Korean society. A Korea Society panel praised the first book in the series for its realism and its ability to convey "the suffocating atmosphere of a totalitarian state". A panelist as well as The Independent's and the Washington Post's reviewers compared the protagonist to Arkady Renko, the Soviet chief inspector in Martin Cruz Smith's Gorky Park, for providing "a vivid window into a mysterious country".
Genres: Mystery
Series
Inspector O
1. A Corpse in the Koryo (2006)
2. Hidden Moon (2007)
3. Bamboo and Blood (2008)
4. The Man with the Baltic Stare (2010)
5. A Drop of Chinese Blood (2012)
6. The Gentleman From Japan (2016)
1. A Corpse in the Koryo (2006)
2. Hidden Moon (2007)
3. Bamboo and Blood (2008)
4. The Man with the Baltic Stare (2010)
5. A Drop of Chinese Blood (2012)
6. The Gentleman From Japan (2016)
James Church recommends
Thief of Souls (2021)
(Inspector Lu Fei Mystery, book 1)
Brian Klingborg
"A gruesome crime; a rural cop with a keen mind and a sense of his place in modern-day China--Thief of Souls is written with humor and insight, supplying from page one a plot that rolls steadily down the runway, constantly gaining speed the whole way until with a final burst of takeoff velocity, it takes you to a place you never thought you'd be."
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