A Corpse in the Koryo, James Church
A Corpse in the Koryo, James Church
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A Corpse in the Koryo
The Inspector O Novels, Book 1

Author: James Church

Narrator: Feodor Chin

Unabridged: 9 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/11/2011


Synopsis

Sit 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 departments turf and into a maelstrom of betrayal and death. North Koreas leaders are desperate to hunt down and eliminate anyone who knows too much about a series of decadesold kidnappings and murdersand Inspector O discovers too late that 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.

About James Church

James Church is the pseudonym of a former Western intelligence officer with decades of experience in Asia. He has wandered through Korea for years. No matter what hat he wore, Church says, he ran across Inspector O many times.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kemper on December 18, 2014

Read it quick before North Korea decides you can't! Kim Jong-il wasn’t just another fascist dictator whose only hobby was firing cruise missile over Japan when he got bored. He was also reportedly an incredible golfer. According to the state newspaper, the first time he ever played, Kim finished 18 h......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on August 19, 2008

One of my coworkers is married to an editor for St. Martin's, and he came to a company party one time with a bunch of free books. Among the stack, I saw A Corpse in the Koryo and the title made me give it a second glance. The fact that it was set in North Korea sold me -- my sisters are adopted from......more