Murder in China Red: A Chinaman Mystery - Softcover

Barrett, Dean

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9780966189940: Murder in China Red: A Chinaman Mystery

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0966189949 ISBN 13: 9780966189940

Publisher: Village East Book, 2002

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New York City private detective Liu Chiang-shin, known as the Chinaman, investigates the murder of a high-priced New York call girl, who also caused the break-up of his marriage, and her john, in a posh Manhattan hotel.

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About the Author:

Dean Barrett has been living in Asia for over three decades. While living in New York, Dean was a member of Dramatists Guild, a board member of Mystery Writers of America and a librettist/lyricist with BMI. He lived in Hong Kong for 17 years where he was managing director of Hong Kong Publishing Company, Ltd. He has written several books on China and Thailand. His musical, Fragrant Harbour, set in 1857 Hong Kong, was selected by the National Alliance for Musical Theater to be shown to producers and directors on 42nd Street, NYC. His play, Bones of the Chinamen, set in Swatow (Shantou) in 1862, won the South Asian prize of the BBC International Playwriting Competition, coming in among the top 8 selected out of 1200 entries. His one-act plays have been staged in ten countries. Dean now lives in Thailand.

Review:

"No one describes the ins and outs of living in the sultry Far East better than Dean Barrett." -- Stephen Leather, author, Tango One

"Real characters in real surroundings and an immediacy and credibility that exhorts you to keep on reading." -- Pattaya Mail October 2004

"Skytrain to Murder is as satisfying a read as was Barrett's Memoirs of a Bangkok Warrior." -- Bernard Trink, The Bangkok Post

"The author has a gift for creating a detailed world rife with many layered intrigues and immensely personable characters." -- Reviewingtheevidence.com 2005

A Raymond Chandler type of mystery and I loved it. -- AllReaders.com

Action lovers will enjoy a climatic scene in Manhattan's gloomy Red Hook district. -- January Magazine

Asian specialist Barrett...knows his way around .357 magnums, 12-gauge shotguns and all the rest of the light artillery.... -- Kirkus Reviews

Chinaman is a great serial detective character, one who you enjoy reading about. This book is very appealing. -- MostlyFiction.com

Murder in China Red tells a good story and keeps the reader wanting more....This is a superior book. -- Asian Review of Books

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