"If you want to understand North Korea then you need to read Inspector O."—Michael Madden, Founder and Editor of North Korea Leadership Watch
"The sixth outing for Church's wise inspector creates an intriguing synergy, with many insights into international culture and a complex plot" — Kirkus Reviews on The Gentleman from Japan
"Like Marlowe and Spade before him, Inspector O navigates the shadows and, every now and then, finds truth in the half-light." —The Wall Street Journal on A Drop of Chinese Blood
"Stellar... An intricate plot that ranks as one of Church's best... A satirical look at paranoid intelligence structures and the snappy, irreverent narration add to the fun." -Publishers Weekly, starred review on A Drop of Chinese Blood
"Church uses his years of intelligence work to excellent advantage… delivering one duplicitous plot twist after another." -The Washington Post on A Corpse in the Koryo
"Satisfied readers will hail Church as the equal of le Carré." -Publishers Weekly, starred review on A Drop of Chinese Blood
“Church once again does a brilliant job of portraying the dysfunctional, paranoid society of modern North Korea in his third novel to feature Inspector O....While the espionage elements compel, the book's main strength, as with its predecessors, derives from the small details that enable the reader to imagine life in North Korea--and from O's struggles to maintain his principles and integrity.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) on the Inspector O Series
“[Hidden Moon] . . . is like nothing else I've ever read. . . . Church creates an utterly convincing, internally consistent world of the absurd where orders mean the opposite of what they say and paperwork routinely gets routed to oblivion.” —Halle Ephron, The Boston Globe on Hidden Moon
“Hidden Moon reads more like a spy novel by a Korean Kafka. Final word: fascinating.”—Rocky Mountain News
“Church's spartan prose is a perfect match for the sparseness of the North Korean landscape. —Charleston Gazette on Hidden Moon
“The real pleasure of Hidden Moon is its conversations, loaded down with layers of secrecy and suspicion that surface words are meaningless in the face of buried intention.” —The Baltimore Sun
“A crackling good mystery novel, filled with unusual characters involved in a complex plot that keeps you guessing to the end.” —The Washington Post on A Corpse in the Koryo
“An impressive debut that calls to mind such mystery thrillers as Martin Cruz Smith's Gorky Park.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) on A Corpse in the Koryo
“A new offering that reminds you of why you started reading mysteries and thrillers in the first place.” —The Chicago Tribune on A Corpse in the Koryo
“Impressive . . . the author has crafted a complex character with rough charm to spare, and in eternally static North Korea, he has a setting that will fascinate readers for sequels to come.” —Tim Morrison, Time magazine, Asia edition on A Corpse in the Koryo
