Review: Evidently Dr. Lee
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2011
The story is one of contrasts set even from the opening scene as Inspector Zhang steps out of the hot night in Singapore into the cool hotel room.  The deeper level of contrast is that between sterile and safe Singapore paired with a murder.  I enjoyed the banter between Sergeant Lee and Inspector Zhang and Zhang with the other characters. Lee the young by the book and eager to do good detective and Zhang the older and wiser one who follows his instincts. There's a good balance of technical details about the case blended with observations about the different personalities the inspecting team encounters. It gives the readers just enough clues to try to solve the mystery themselves, while not drowning in unneeded information.The intrigue steps up a few levels when we learn the murdered man had a taste for the nightlife. The story is a murder mystery yet I liked the playful tone throughout the story adding a bit of black humor to the macabre. Zhang has fun with the case while the hotel management wants to sweep it under the rug. Zhang himself is simply a great character with believable personality quirks. He's a bit of the underdog in a world where shows like CSI are popular that focus on forensics. I always liked the old school mysterious better. I definitely want to see more of Inspector Zhang. Good stuff.