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China

Hong Kong’s Second Golden Age of Kung Fu Films

By Brian Klingborg

May 27, 2021

In the old days before streaming video, the only place you could reliably see a Chinese martial arts movie was on your local TV station’s Saturday afternoon broadcast of Kung Fu Theater, or some similarly named program. Chances are it would a double feature—Shaolin Executioners followed by Dirty Ho, perhaps—featuring guys in bad wigs and…

Thief of Souls: Cover Reveal + Exclusive Q&A with Cover Designer

By Crime HQ

October 13, 2020

Brian Klingborg’s Thief of Souls (Minotaur Books, May 2021) marks the launch of a new mystery series following Inspector Lu Fei. When a brutal murder in a rural village in Northern China sends shockwaves all the way to Beijing, Inspector Lu Fei, exiled to this tiny town, is seemingly the only one interested in finding…

Beijing Payback by Daniel Nieh

Book Review: Beijing Payback by Daniel Nieh

By Larry Clow

August 8, 2019

Beijing Payback by Daniel Nieh fresh, smart, and fast-paced revenge thriller about a college basketball player who discovers shocking truths about his family in the wake of his father’s murder.

David Poyer Excerpt: Hunter Killer

By David Poyer

November 22, 2017

World War with China explodes in Hunter Killer, David Poyer's powerful, all-too-believable novel about how the next world war might unfold (available November 28, 2017). The United States stands nearly alone in its determination to fight, rather than give into the expansionist demands of the aggressive new “People’s Empire.” The naval and air forces of…

5 New Books to Read this Week: September 6, 2016

By Crime HQ

September 7, 2016

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week saw the release of a new Hercule Poirot from Sophie Hannah as well as a new entry in the…

Q&A with Elsa Hart, Author of The White Mirror

By Crime HQ

September 1, 2016

Elsa Hart, author of the critically acclaimed historical mystery Jade Dragon Mountain and the recently released follow-up The White Mirror, answers some of CrimeHQ's questions about her Li Du series of historical mysteries set in 18th-century China, her writing process, what she's currently reading, and how readers can immerse themselves further in the wonderful history…

Apricot’s Revenge: New Excerpt

By Song Ying

February 9, 2016

Apricot's Revenge by Song Ying is a thought provoking detective novel about a high-profile murder that explores social issues in modern day China (Available February 16, 2016). A business tycoon in China is found dead; he apparently suffered a heart attack while swimming. His body is washed onto a beach in a popular resort known…

Q&A with Anne Charnock

By Anne Charnock

December 17, 2015

Earlier in December, Anne Charnock—author of Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind—wrote a wonderful blog post about history and family secrets: Real Life Isn't Like the Neatly Rounded Narratives of Fiction At the end of the post, we asked YOU, the readers to put on your thinking caps and ask Anne a few questions. The…

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Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind: Real Life Isn’t Like the Neatly Rounded Narratives of Fiction

By Anne Charnock

December 2, 2015

This original blog post by author Anne Charnock is part 1 of a 2 part series including an exclusive Q&A featuring questions from YOU, the readers. To win a copy of Anne's new book Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind, make sure you're signed in, and ask the author a question in the comments section…

Fresh Meat: Jade Dragon Mountain by Elsa Hart

By Debbie Meldrum

August 25, 2015

Jade Dragon Mountain is the debut mystery by Elsa Hart set in China in 1708 featuring the exiled librarian Li Du (available September 1, 2015). Here are some of things I know about China: Ming vases, Mao Tse Tung, calligraphy, the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, and they put on a spectacular Olympic opening ceremony. Not…

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