Reviews for The Lord of Death (Inspector Shan Tao Yun Series #6)

The average rating for The Lord of Death (Inspector Shan Tao Yun Series #6) based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-06-09 00:00:00 Steve Atkinson Eliot Pattison really hit his stride in this latest entry in his Inspector Shan series. Some of his previous books have gotten a little overly political, bogging down the story. Not so this time around. Don't get me wrong - the relationship between the Chinese regime and the Tibetan citizens is still a vital part of the novel, but it's so tightly interwoven that it doesn't overwhelm the plot. The book has everything I look for in a mystery - great characterization, solid investigation, a complex plot, and a conclusion where all the pieces fit together. On top of that, it educates, allowing readers to learn just a little more about Tibet and its people. This is a great book, and one I'll definitely be recommending to my friends.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-01-10 00:00:00 Fischer Lionel Eliot Pattison writes mysteries set in modern Tibet. His protagonist is a Han Chinese sentenced to imprisonment in Tibet after he investigated corruption in the highest levels of government instead of pretending the blindness that was expected of him. He sympathizes greatly with the Tibetan people whose culture has been almost but obliterated by the Chinese. These books are dense with information and emotion. Its impossible not to feel some of the enormous loss that Tibet has suffered. All the characters are engaging even the most corrupt official. The spiritualism of the Tibetan monks is so appealing and frustrating at the same time as they endure the loss of their culture as part of a greater pattern rather than resist it. Yet this same endurance allows them to disconnect from the physical brutality of their captors.