Supper Sleuths

These mysteries involve foreign sleuths who operate in the countries of the Far East: predominately Japan, China and India but including some mysteries taking place in Malaysia, Cambodia, South Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Tibet, and the fictional Luong. In some cases, American or European sleuths are visiting the countries.

Some are historicals (Cleverly,Parker,Rowland), some are cozier (Dams, Keating, Massey, Peters) than others; however, they all are detail rich in the element of place and the languages and customs of the countries add to the complexities and texture of the experience.

The following is a list of authors who fit into this category. The titles in each series is given. Please read one or more of these authors and/or titles, and come prepared to discuss your impressions of them with the group.

AUTHOR	COUNTRY/CHARACTER	TITLES
Gary Alexander	Indochina Bamsan Kiet	Pigeon Blood (1988) Unfunny Money (1989) Kiet and the Opium War (1990) Deadly Drought (1991) Kiet Goes West (1992)
Sara Backer	Japan	American Fuji (2001)
Tom Bradby	China Richard Field	Master of Rain (2002)
J.N.Cantanach	Malaysia Charles Quint	White is the Color of Death (1988)
Barbara Cleverly	India Joe Sandilands	Last Kashmiri Rose (2002) Ragtime in Simla (2003)
Margaret Drabble	Cambodia Liz Headleand	Gates of Ivory (1991)
Patrick A. Davis	South Korea Burton Webber	The Commander (2002)
Barry Eisler	Japan John Rain	Rain Fall (2002) Hard Rain (2003)
Charlotte Epstein	China Janet Eldine	Murder at the Friendship Hotel (1991)
Leslie Forbes	India	Set in Ice (1998)
Dale Furutani	Japan Ken Tanaka, 1st only Matsuyama Kaze, 17th C.	Death in Little Tokyo (1996) Toyotomi Blades (1999) Death at the Crossroads (1998) Jade Palace Vendetta (1999) Kill the Shogun (2000)
Robert Van Gulik	China Dee Jen-Dijeh	Chinese Gold Murders (1959) The Lacquer Screen (1962) Chinese Nail Murders (1962) Emperor's Pearl (1963) Willow Pattern (1964) Monkey and the Tiger (1965) Murder in Canton (1966) Phantom of the Temple (1966) Necklace and Calabash (1967) Poets and Murder (1968) Red Pavillion (1968) Haunted Monastery (1969) Chinese Bell Murders (1977) Chinese Lake Murders (1977) Chinese Maze Murders (1977)
Tony Hillerman	Vietnam Moon Mathias	Finding Moon (1996),
Barry Hughart	China Master Li	Eight Skilled Gentlemen (1991)
Anthony Hyde	Taiwan Nick Lamp	Formosa Straits (1995)
Greg Iles	Hong Kong Jordan Glass	Deep Sleep (2001)
Susanna Jones	Japan	Earthquake Bird (2001)
H.R.F. Keating	India Inspector Ghote	Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade (1966) Inspector Ghote Hunts the Peacock (1968) Inspector Ghote Plays a Jocker (1969) Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg (1970) Inspector Ghote Goes By Train (1971) Inspector Ghote Trusts the Heart (1972) Bats Fly Up For Inspector Ghote (1974) Inspector Ghote Draws a Line (1979) Go West, Inspector Ghote (1988) Dead on Time (1989) Iciest Sin (1990) Doing Wrong (1994) Asking Questions (1997) Breaking and Entering (2001) Filmi! Filmi! Inspector Ghote (2002)
Libby Lewis	Japan Setsuo	The Apprentice (1996)
Martin Limon	Korea	Jade Lady Burning (1992) Slicky Boys (1997) Buddha's Money (1998)
Sujata Massey	Japan Rei Shimura	Flower Master (1988) Zen Attitude (2000) Salaryman's Wife (2000) Floating Girl (2000) Bride's Kimono (2001) Samurai's Daughter (2003)
Francine Matthews	Thailand Stefani Fogg	Secret Agent (2002)
James Melville	Japan Tetsuo Otani	Chrysanthemum Chain (1980) Sort of Samurai (1981) Ninth Netsuke (1982) Sayonara, Sweet Amaryllis (1983) Death of a Daimyo (1984) Death Ceremony (1985) Go Gently, Gaijin (1986) Kimono for a Corpse (1987) Reluctant Ronin (1988) Haiku for Hanae (1989) Bogus Buddah (1991) Body Wore Brocade (1992)
Miyuki Miyabe	Japan	All She Was Worth (1997)
Shizuko Natsuki	Japan	Murder at Mount Fuji (1984)
I.J. Parker	Japan Akitada Sugawara	Rashomon Gate (2002) Hell Screen (2003)
Eliot Pattison	Tibet	The Skull Mantra (1999)
Ellis Peters	India Dominck Felse	Mourning Raga (1969) Death to the Landlords (1972)
Xiaolong Qui	China Inspector Chen	Death of a Red Heroine (2000) A Loyal Character Dancer (2002)
David Rotenburg	China Zhong Fong	Shanghai Murders (1998) Lake Ching Murders (2001)
Laura Joh Rowland	Japan Sano Ichiro	Shinji U (1994) Bundori (1996) The Way of the Traitor (1997) Concubine's Tattoo (1998) Samurai's WIfe (2000) Black Lotus (2001) The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria (2002) Dragon King's Palace (2003)
Lisa See	China Liu Hulan	Flower Net (1997) Interior (1999) Dragon Bones (2003)
Janwillem Van de Wetering	Japan Inspector Saito	Inspector Saito's Small Satori(1981).
Christopher West	China Anzuang Wang	The Third Messiah (2000)