Hidden Moon — James Church

A Corpse in the Koryo -- named one of the Best Mystery/Thrillers by the Chicago Tribune -- introduced readers to one of the most unique detectives to appear on the page in years -- the elusive Inspector O.

In Hidden Moon, the Inspector is ordered to solve a bank robbery -- routine, except this is the first one ever in Pyongyang, and a shadowy group high up in the regime wants 0 to fail.

Author James Church opens a window onto a society where nothing is quite as it seems. The descriptions are starkly beautiful, the dialogue lean. Every thought is weighed and measured before it is spoken because in this place, no one can afford to be misunderstood.