Jade Lady Burning (A Sergeants Sueño and Bascom Novel)
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (830 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004J4X7GW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 156 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Koreans look for any opportunity to hate the soldiers who drink at their bars and carouse with their women. When Pak Ok-suk, a young Korean woman, is found brutally murdered in a torched apartment in the Itaewon red-light district of Seoul, it looks like it might be the work of her American soldier boyfriend. Sergeants George Sueño and Ernie Bascom, Military Police for the US 8th Army, are assigned to the case, but they have nothing to go on other than a tenuous connection to an infamous prostitute. Meet Sergeants George Sueño and Ernie Bascom in their first investigation, set in 1970s South KoreaAlmost twenty years after the end of the Korean War, the US Military is still present throughout South Korea, and tensions run high. As repressed resentments erupt around them, the pair sets out on an increasingly dangerous quest to find evidence that will exonerate their countryman.From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Best Mystery Writer Going Ignore PW. The New York Times rated this book as one of their Notable Books of 1992, a rare acheivement, especially for a first time mystery writer. Martin Limon is one of the few writers I go out of my way to find. He is so good at capturing the Korean culture, the military culture and the way the two cultures affect each other that you feel that you served a tour of duty in 1970s Korea yourself. . "A Little Slow, But Worth A Read" according to Virginia E. Johnson. Sueno & Bascom #1: “Jade Lady Burning” by Martin Limon. Army CID agents, Sgt. George Sueno and Sgt. Ernie Bascom work out of 8th Army Headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. When a young prostitute is found murdered, her body sexually brutalized, and the room set fire, the Korean National Police want an American GI blamed, though they seem to know who the killer really is. The American syst. Realistic and Totally Believable! Not only is the concept of the "closing of ranks" (regardless of offense)around military officers totally believable, but even the the "good guys" are flawed. I am a dedicated Asiafile and found that the insights offered by the Author run remarkably deep. The are only a small number of Authors that specialize in the Asian set fiction. Martin Limon is certainly one of the best in this genre and the
But the plot lags, and Limon underutilizes Bascom, whose innocent-looking puss conceals a classic crime-fiction psychotic. The two barely moral sleuths trudge through an endless succession of dark bars, propositioning or being propositioned by the local business girls (the negotiations lead to deals on several occasions), all the while asking questions about the brutal murder of Miss Pak 0k-suk. A mixed-bag first effort, with an evocative setting and a sluggish pace. Army veteran who served in Korea for 10 years, mov