I have been identified with settings distant in time or place for so long that I am sometimes tagged as the writer of “faraway mysteries.” It is not by accident that I write novels set on the other side of the earth, like my recently released Bones of the Earth, or in another century, like…
Read Eliot Pattison's exclusive guest post about the illuminating process of adapting one of his novels for film, and then make sure to sign in and comment below for a chance to win a copy of the 9th Inspector Shan Tao Yun novel, Skeleton God! Great pleasures always await me when I commence the year-long…
Skeleton God by Eliot Pattison is the 9th book in the Inspector Shan Tao Yun series (available March 14, 2017). If you would know the age of the human soul, an old lama had once told Shan Tao Yun, look to Tibet. Here at the roof of the world, where humans were so battered, where…
What do you do when you find yourself faced with a centuries-old secret and the possibility of ghosts? Find yourself a spirit of your own with this week's Pick Your Poison—where we create a cocktail inspired by a recently published mystery, thriller, or crime novel—the “Skeleton Godfather” cocktail, inspired by Eliot Pattison's Skeleton God!
Eliot Pattison is an American international lawyer and award-winning author. His first book in the Inspector Shan Tao Yun series, The Skull Mantra, won the 2000 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. His latest, Skeleton God (available March 14, 2017), is the ninth Inspector Shan mystery. Recently, Mr. Pattison took time out of his busy…
Skeleton God by Eliot Pattison is the 9th book in the Inspector Shan Tao Yun series (available March 14, 2017). Shan Tao Yun, now the reluctant constable of a remote Tibetan town, has learned to expect the impossible at the roof of the world, but nothing has prepared him for his discovery when he investigates…
Soul of the Fire by Eliot Pattison is the 8th mystery featuring Inspector Shan Tau Yun where the former Beijing government investigator turns up in Tibet (available November 25, 2014). When Shan Tao Yun and his old friend Lokesh are abruptly dragged away by Public Security, he is convinced that their secret, often illegal, support…
