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Robert van Gulik (2007) The Chinese Maze Murders: A Judge Dee Mystery. (First published in 1957) Legal thriller from 7th century China. The plot is based on real crime-detecting judge Ti Jen-chieh (630-700 AD). Fairly accurate rendering of traditional Chinese court proceedings with a colorful portrait of social and cultural conditions ancient China. One of the best books in the Judge Dee Mystery series.
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Robert Ludlum (1987) The Bourne Supremacy. In the second episode of Ludlum's Jason Bourne trilogy, David Webb, is struggling with the aid of a psychiatrist to recover from amnesia. Webb, one-time secret U.S. agent, is persuaded to re-assume his Bourne identity to hunt down an assassin, who is killing highly-placed officials in Kowloon and Hong Kong.
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John Burdett (1997) The Last Six Million Seconds: A Thriller. In this fast action-packed thriller Hong Kong Chief Inspector Chan Siukai investigates a triple murder among American gangsters and Chinese warlords - with the transition of sovereignty from Great Britain to the PRC only 6 million seconds away. Violent.
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Jonathan Gash (2006) The Year of the Woman. Young woman in Hong Kong is threatened by Triad leader, but manages to get away unharmed. Hillariously funny but also touching.
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Dorothy Gilman (1985) Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station. Suburban grandmother, Mrs. Pollifax, working for the CIA in communist China. The sweet little lady rescues a prisoner from a labor camp. If you like strange stories - this is for you!
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Carl Hiaasen / Bill Montalbano (1998) A Death in China. American professor traveling in China gets entangled in a web of violence, lies, treachery, and state secrets, as he investigates his friend's sudden "death by duck". Claustrophobic!
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Ruth Rendell (1984) The Speaker of Mandarin. (First published 1983) With a group of tourists, Chief Inspector Wexford is visiting ancient tombs and palaces in China. After their return to England, one of the tourists is found murdered. As Wexford's questions the other members of the group, he finds so many secrets of greed, treachery, theft, and adultery, that everyone seems to be guilty.
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Lisa See (1997) Flower Net. Inspector Liu Hulan, a privileged daughter of one of Chairman Mao's aides, investigates the death of the American ambassador's son as well as that of a wealthy Chinese businessman. This brings her to California, where she teams up with Assistant U.S. Attorney David Stark. The cultural contrast gives the story a background beyond the usual espionage thriller.
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Robert van Gulik (1994) The Emperor's Pearl: A Judge Dee Mystery. In China's Tang Dynasty (7th century) Dee Jen-Djieh was a famous magistrate and inquisitor. Van Gulik's classical crime novels are often based on actual cases of the historical figure. In this novel detective Judge Dee investigates two deaths in Poo-yang. Gulik's story of greed, passion, fear and lust vividly portrays life in ancient China.
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