In a remote Chinese town – where the theft of a few chickens counts as a major crime – a young woman is found brutally murdered… with her heart, lungs and liver removed. Inspector Lu Fei, a weary cop who fled the city, suddenly finds himself under the intense scrutiny of the ruling party in Beijing. . Although the premise sounds a little cliché, a weary cop down on his luck, I’m still keen to read this one. For anyone who’s been following my posts will know, I have a keen interest in China and plan to go back there someday soon. And it’s this side that holds the most interest here. . Klingborg has an MA from Harvard where his major field of study was Chinese Cultural Anthropology, leading him to live and work in China for several years. . I can’t wait to see how he threads the subtleties of Chinese culture into a murder mystery without it sounding ham-fisted. Thank you to @headlinebooks for sending an advanced copy – City of Ice will be published in Hardback, 13th May. What murder mysteries have you been reading recently? . . . #CityofIce #BrianKlingborg #China #ChineseCulture #Thriller #Murder #Mystery #Crime #ChinesePolice #Headline #bookstagram #booklover #books #bookworm #bookstagrammer #suspense #reading #action #fiction #booksbooksbooks #novel #psychologicalthriller #bookcommunity #booklove #currentlyreading #igreads (at Liverpool UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/COkzIymrmCN/?igshid=1a8lg50vt4sz9