Bamboo and Blood

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Bamboo and Blood is a crime novel in the Inspector O series that follows the North Korean detective as he investigates a politically sensitive case during the bitterly cold winter.

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instanceOf crime novel
novel
author James Church NERFINISHED
authorPseudonymOf James Church is a pseudonym NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtFeature winter imagery
featuresCharacter Inspector O NERFINISHED
genre crime fiction
mystery fiction
hasInspectorOSeriesEntry third installment
hasPrequel A Corpse in the Koryo NERFINISHED
Hidden Moon NERFINISHED
hasSequel The Man with the Baltic Stare NERFINISHED
language English
literaryStyle procedural detective story
slow-burn investigation
mainCharacter Inspector O NERFINISHED
market adult readership
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
narrativePerspective first-person narration
narrativeTone atmospheric
noir
notableAspect blend of crime fiction and political intrigue
depiction of life in North Korea
originalPublicationDate 2008
plotFocus politically sensitive investigation
suspicious death during winter
protagonistAffiliation North Korean police NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation detective
publicationYear 2008
publisher Minotaur Books NERFINISHED
publisherImprint St. Martin's Minotaur NERFINISHED
series Inspector O NERFINISHED
seriesPosition third book in the Inspector O series
settingLocation North Korea NERFINISHED
subject North Korean politics
bureaucracy in authoritarian regimes
state security
timeSetting bitterly cold winter

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Inspector O series hasBook Bamboo and Blood