num_pages: 397
description: Book by Pattison, Eliot
language: English
title: The Skull Mantra
titlecomplete: The Skull Mantra (Inspector Shan, #1)
genres: Fiction, Religion, Asia, Mystery, Thriller, Buddhism, Mystery Thriller, China, Historical Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 4757
places: Tibet
series: Inspector Shan
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: CWA Silver Dagger, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Century