The Lake Ching Murders: A Mystery of Fire and Ice

By David Rotenberg

Book Overview

Us

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312276710
• ISBN13: 9780312276713
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 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.