{"product_id":"2940169523393","title":"Hidden Moon: An Inspector O Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eA Corpse in the Koryo\u003c\/em\u003e, James Church introduced readers to one of the most unique detectives to appear in print in years¿the elusive Inspector O. The stunning mystery was named one of the best mystery\/thrillers of 2006 by the \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e for its beautifully spare prose and layered descriptions of a terrain Church knows by heart.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd now the Inspector is back.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHidden Moon\u003c\/em\u003e, Inspector O returns from a mission abroad to find his new police commander waiting at his office door. There has been a bank robbery¿the first ever in Pyongyang¿and the commander demands action, and quickly. But is this urgency for real? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomewhere, someone in the North Korean leadership doesn¿t want Inspector O to complete his investigation. And why not? What if the robbery leads to the highest levels of the regime? What if power, not a need for cash, is the real reason behind the heist at the Gold Star Bank?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGiven a choice, this isn¿t a trail a detective in the Pyongyang police would want to follow all the way to the end, even a trail marked with monogrammed silk stockings. ¿I¿m not sure I know where the bank is,¿ is O¿s laconic observation as the warning bells go off in his head. A Scottish policeman sent to provide security for a visiting British official, a sultry Kazakh bank manager, and a mournful fellow detective all combine to put O in the middle of a spider web of conspiracies that becomes more tangled¿and dangerous¿the more he pulls on the threads.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnce again, as he did in \u003cem\u003eA Corpse in the Koryo\u003c\/em\u003e, James Church opens a window onto a society where nothing is quite as it seems. The story serves as the listener¿s flashlight, illuminating a place that outsiders imagine is always dark and too far away to know. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChurch¿s descriptions of the country and its people are spare and starkly beautiful; the dialogue is lean, every thought weighed and measured before it is spoken. Not a word is wasted because in this place no one can afford to be misunderstood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Blackstone Audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150348108016,"sku":"2940169523393","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169523393_p0.jpg?v=1769896281","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169523393","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}