Henry Chang’s Chinatown series featuring Chinese-American NYPD Detective Jack Yu debuted to critical acclaim in 2008 with Chinatown Beat, “a fascinating look at New York’s Chinese-American urban community and its subcultures,” according to Publishers Weekly. The Boston Globe also had praise for this first novel, noting, “For readers who relish noir suspense, it doesn’t get […]
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Chinatown Noir: Henry Chang’s Detective Jack Yu Novels
Posted in Interviews, tagged Chinatown Beat, Chinatown Trilogy, Detective Jack Yu, Henry Chang, Manhattan, New York, NYPD, Red Jade, Scene of the Crime, Year of the Dog on January 7, 2011| 2 Comments »
“Murder Was a Frequent Visitor to Blackpool”: The DCI Henry Christie Novels of Nick Oldham
Posted in Interviews, tagged A Time for Justice, Blackpool, DCI Henry Christie, England, Fighting for the Dead, Instinct, Lancashire, Nick Oldham, Nightmare City on May 30, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Nick Oldham follows the old dictum of writing what you know. He spent thirty years in various positions in the Lancashire Constabulary before retiring in 2005 to write full time. He has written eighteen well regarded police procedurals in the DCI Henry Christie series, novels set mostly in Blackpool, England. “A flawed and very human […]