A Death in China

Name: A Death in China
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Carl Hiaasen
ISBN: 9781464029936

Author: Carl Hiaasen, Bill Montalbano

Narrator: James Yaegashi

Unabridged: 11 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/30/2012

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

From Carl Hiaasen and the distinguished foreign correspondent Bill Montalbano comes a relentless novel of treachery and murder set in the clenched society of China, where even tomorrow's weather is a state secret. David Wang, a Chinese-American art historian, dies shortly after a visit to an ancient tomb housing priceless artifacts. Officials diagnose death by duck, a fatal confluence of culture shock and rich cuisine. But Wang's friend Tom Stratton suspects something more sinister, especially after the dead man's brother, a highly placed Party official, tries to have him kidnapped. From a nightmarish interrogation to assassination by cobra, A Death in China takes readers on a trip with no rest stops through a world of claustrophobic mistrust and terrifying danger.

Reviews

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on June 05, 2021

''A Death in China' by Bill Montalbano and Carl Hiaasen is a good thriller. But I don't think Carl Hiaasen was involved very much in the writing of this novel. It is a straightforward crime thriller without any satire at all. China has changed since this 1984 book was published insofar as infrastruc......more

Goodreads review by Nikki on September 26, 2012

I thought this was a great murder mystery book... kept ya hanging till the end... I loved that it was about a place and an historical find that is true... the story had may twists and really enjoyed it.......more

Goodreads review by Frank on November 30, 2021

I've been a fan of Carl Hiaasen for years and always enjoy his satirical novels set in Florida filled with humor and wacky characters. Several years ago, I found out he had written three novels with his friend and fellow journalist, Bill Montalbano: Powder Burn (1981), Trap Line (1982), and A Death......more

Goodreads review by Kathryn on June 05, 2019

China 101, as much as that is possible. I don't imagine that much has changed since this book was written although there are glimmers of hope for a freer future.......more

Goodreads review by Christine Bishop on April 09, 2020

No humor, contrived, violent, pointless Hiassen’s humorous, stinging work about the venality of Florida and the southern scene are missing here. In addition, the hero Is beaten up so much that he should be in a nursing home but he bounces back like the Energizer bunny and manages to solve a mystery i......more