Review: Inspector Zhang - The old-fashioned Way of Investigation ...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 5, 2012
I have to admit that I got this crime short story as a Freebie.So what could I probably lose?And I have made a very nice, new acquaintance: Detective Inspector Zhang, from the Singapura Police Force.He is a well-educated, polite gentleman of the old kind.And he resolves his crime - a closed-room one - the way that clearly reminds me of Monsieur Poirot.Effective, with his - female - sidekick, he strikes when the culprit feels himself yet on the sure side.Very entertaining read - adorned with an extract of the Stephen Leather novelBangkok Bob and The Missing Mormon. A Bangkok-placed gumshoe crime I have read and reviewed, too.Stephen Leather is THE great Britisch contemporary thriller writer! Before he began to write full-time in 1992, he was for over 10 Years a journalist who wrote for 'The Times, 'The Daily Mail' and the 'South China Morning Post' in Hongkong. He is also valued one of the most acclaimed connaisseurs of the Far East and the author of numerous bestsellers.