Hongkong Roadshow

Yellowthread Street #10

by William Marshall

From the author of Frogmouth and Head First comes another funny, tension-packed police novel in which Chief Inspector Harry Feiffer tackles the problems of Hong Kong's seediest precinct--especially the carefully timed bombs creating chaos on the overcrowded island.

Genres: Mystery

185 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

William Marshall (or William Leonard Marshall) (born 1944, Australia) is an Australian author, best known for his Hong Kong-based "Yellowthread Street" mystery novels, some of which were used as the basis for a British TV series.

Reviews

[David Tate · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is by far the most surreal and over-the-top of an already surreal and over-the-top series. Someone is vandalizing traffic control systems in Hong Bay, and the traffic just keeps flowing faster and faster. Where will it all end?

Not exactly a typical Yellowthread Street mystery, but perhaps my favorite. And who could fail to love the Ear Wax Man, however briefly?

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a book from the Mystery box I picked up at a library over a year ago. I had to rearrange my bookcase and found it.
It is both funny and heartbreaking. There’s quite a bit of repetition throughout, which is the only reason it’s not a four star read for me.
But this gem of a sentence from page 10:

“He had a thick Scottish accent of the slow, whimsical brand that got less whimsical when it was someone else doing the whimsy.”

[Sandi · Rating 3 out of 5]

The tenth book in the Yellowthread Street series.  Marshall deftly mixes humor and tense, often tragic situations to tell the stories of the dedicated police detectives trying to solve crimes in Hong Kong.