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The Man with the Baltic Stare
Paperback
Series: Inspector O Novels, Book 4
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher Price: $22.00
ISBN13: 9780312569419
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: Aug 16 2011
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.49 Depth: 8.26
Language: English
The mysterious Inspector O is once again drawn into a web of concessions and cover-ups in the newest mystery from critically acclaimed author James Church.
Autumn brings unwelcome news to Inspector O: wrenched from retirement, he has been ordered to Pyongyang for an assignment. The two Koreas are now cooperating--very quietly--to maintain stability in the North. Stability requires compromise; stability requires peace; stability requires that O investigate a crime of passion committed by the young man who has been selected as the best leader of a transition government.
O is instructed to make sure the case goes away. Then he learns that several groups--remnants of the old regime, foreign powers, rival gangs--all want a piece of the action, and all make clear that if O values his life, he will not get in their way. O isn't sure where his loyalties lie, and he doesn't have much time to figure out whether 'tis better to be noble or be dead.
Once again, James Church's spare, lyrical writing illuminates an unfamiliar landscape of whispers and shadows, a place few outsiders have ever experienced. The Man with the Baltic Stare is a chilling, atmospheric noir--a fascinating response to the works of Martin Cruz Smith and John Le Carre.
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