Review: Excellent story. Stephen Leather at his best.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 29, 2011
Excellent story. Stephen Leather at his best.This is a locked room mystery of the highest order. Just as with the old stories that have all but gone out of vogue (unfortunately) Inspector Zhang excels at looking at the clues he has available and deducing who the murderer is. Forensics be hanged! With a detective like this Asian Inspector, who needs DNA? Gone are the many hours of slaving in a lab. Inspector Zhang figures it out in so short a time most crime labs wouldn't even be able to heat up a bunsen burner.