{"product_id":"a-corpse-in-the-koryo-inspector-o-novels-0312374313","title":"A Corpse in the Koryo (Inspector O Novels)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0312374313\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Church, James\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"On the surface, A Corpse in the Koryo is a crackling good mystery novel, filled with unusual characters involved in a complex plot that keeps you guessing to the end.\"---Glenn Kessler, The Washington PostOne of Publishers Weekly Top 100 Books of 2006One of Booklist's Best Genre Fiction of 2006One of the Chicago Tribune's best mystery\/thrillers of 2006Sit on a quiet hillside at dawn among the wildflowers; take a picture of a car coming up a deserted highway from the south.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.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.\". . . an outstanding crime novel. . . . a not-to-be-missed reading experience. \"---Library Journal (starred)\"Inspector O is completely believable and sympathetic . . . The writing is superb, too . . . richly layered and visually evocative.\"---Booklist (starred)\". . . an impressive debut that calls to mind such mystery thrillers as Martin Cruz Smith's Gorky Park. . . .\"---Publishers Weekly (starred)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51737767182624,"sku":"NEW0312374313","price":15.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71uvhlbjZpS.jpg?v=1779572776","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/a-corpse-in-the-koryo-inspector-o-novels-0312374313","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}