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If you like:
* police procedurals
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* police procedurals set in Hong Kong
you definitely need to read this.
The book is comprised of six novellas told in reverse chronology, each involving Detective Kwan Chun-dok; the first few also featuring his protégée, Sonny Lok. In many ways, Kwan - aka “the Eye of Heaven” - is a modern (Chinese) Sherlock Holmes, and Sonny Lok is his Watson.
Each novella (other than the first one, which is effectively set in the present) ...more
If you like:
* police procedurals
* novels set in Hong Kong
* police procedurals set in Hong Kong
you definitely need to read this.
The book is comprised of six novellas told in reverse chronology, each involving Detective Kwan Chun-dok; the first few also featuring his protégée, Sonny Lok. In many ways, Kwan - aka “the Eye of Heaven” - is a modern (Chinese) Sherlock Holmes, and Sonny Lok is his Watson.
Each novella (other than the first one, which is effectively set in the present) ...more
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