The Lake Ching Murders: A Mystery of Fire and Ice

by David Rotenberg

Book Overview

Detective Fong, former head of Special Investigations, has been exiled to Northwestern China. Two men come and whisk him away in the middle of the night to investigate the brutal murder of seventeen... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312276710
• ISBN13: 9780312276713
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Glimpse of China

Great, if gruesom, murder mystery, with fascinating descriptions of Chinese culture.

read the book, do not read the bookjacket

The Lake Ching Murders is a wonderful twisty mystery. My complaint, however, is that the book notes....you know, the stuff on the inside flaps...told me more than I wanted to know before I read the book. However, since I don't think that that was the author's fault, the book still gets a five. As I said, a wonderful twisty. I enjoyed the protagonist. I have not read this author before, but his character is a discerning man. I liked that he knew himself quite well. The mystery itself...well, there is gory stuff, understated. If you cannot abide blood, skip this book, but, the brutality of the murders is a part of the story. I fear to say too much. Not, that I am afraid of retribution, but, that I am afraid of saying too much to the next reader. So, again, this book is a wonderful twisty whodunnit....set in China....a great read.

Great read

I found this mystery very satisfying. It brought me into a totally different world of unusal and interesting characters and presented me with a puzzle I couldn't easily solve. Lots of plot twists kept me interested and the view of a totally different culture kept me engaged. I can't wait to read other books by Rotenberg and I guess that's the bottom line. I want more.