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The Lord of Death

by Eliot Pattison · 2009 · 314 pages

Book 6 of the Inspector Shan series

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The Chinese minister of tourism has been assassinated on the slope of Everest. Shan, a former investigator from Beijing, must solve the mystery of the assassination to save the accused man, the only person who can help his imprisoned son.

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Genre
mysterycrimedetectivethriller
Themes
buddhismsocial issues
Setting
2000schinatibetasia
Subject
history
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 314 pages

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