false 429890 3 Detective Inspector Chen is the Singapore Three police department's snake agent - the detective in charge of supernatural and mystical investigations. Chen has several problems: in addition to colleagues who don't trust him and his mystical ways, a patron goddess whom he has offended and a demonic wife who's tired of staying home alone, he's been paired with one of Hell's own vice officers, Seneschal Zhu Irzh, to investigate the illegal trade in souls. Political pressures both Earthly and otherworldly seek to block their investigations at every turn. As a plot involving both Singapore Three's industrial elite and Hell's own Ministry of Epidemics is revealed, it becomes apparent that the stakes are higher than anyone had previously suspected. 418875 2005 Snake Agent (Detective Inspector Chen #1) total:230|5:56|4:106|3:53|2:14|1:1| 230 892 393 55 4 6 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 10:24:32 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 13:42:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 20:22:03 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 18:27:56 -0700 2009 4 2 false false Mon Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 09:12:56 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 18:15:15 -0700 2008
I loved this book. It's really,really well-written, with great characters, fantastic world-building, and a kick-ass plot that rocked along at a scre...more...]]> 3 3 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jan 21 10:30:25 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 12 14:31:23 -0700 2009 1 Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 21:58:05 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 20:23:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Sep 04 13:21:44 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 17:08:35 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 22 00:29:40 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 00:30:20 -0800 2008 Snake Agent, the first book of her Detective Inspector Chen novels, is worth your time. The setting is refreshingly different for a supernatural mystery/thriller: futuristic China, where there's a blend of high tech and magic, but wherein the magic a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 15:34:32 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 17:24:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 10:24:30 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 10:26:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 12:25:56 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 13:46:43 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 3 3 false false Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 17:36:30 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 15:23:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 5 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 08:51:45 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 14:10:56 -0700 2009 1
I'm talking about literal demons here. Demons with tails and horns and leathery wings, demons of sublime beauty and terrible mien, demons that torment and corrupt. It doesn't matter t...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 05 19:56:12 -0800 2009 Sat Apr 25 23:35:35 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Aug 12 10:32:51 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 10:34:45 -0700 2008

At first I was sceptical, the demon/hell/exorcism thing seemed a bit of a gimmick and lef...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 12:35:05 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 07:52:53 -0700 2008
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Welcome to Singapore Three, a designer city on the cutting edge of spirituality and technol...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 11:31:33 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 11 15:30:13 -0700 2008 1
Set in an alternate Singapore where computer technology is in large part biological (and poor young women are agreeing to be the network hardwar...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 13 20:46:20 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 20:50:35 -0700 2009 more...]]>