{"product_id":"a-corpse-in-the-koryo-inspector-o-novel","title":"A Corpse in the Koryo (Inspector O Novel)","description":"\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 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne of Publishers Weekly Top 100 Books of 2006\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne of Booklist's Best Genre Fiction of 2006\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne of the Chicago Tribune's best mystery\/thrillers of 2006\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSit on a quiet hillside at dawn among the wildflowers; take a picture of a car coming up a deserted highway from the south. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\". . . an outstanding crime novel. . . . a not-to-be-missed reading experience. \" \u003cbr\u003e---\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fiction, Thrillers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780312374310\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.94","offer_id":47910028247217,"sku":"SB-0312374313-C3","price":1.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0312374313.jpg?v=1789172529","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-corpse-in-the-koryo-inspector-o-novel","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}