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The Pool of Unease (Hardcover)

by Catherine Sampson (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan (3 Aug 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0230014437
  • ISBN-13: 978-0230014435
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 414,064 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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An intricate mystery. --Sunday Telegraph, Seven


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'Sampson's storytelling is fluent and compelling and her characterisation rewarding...wonderfully atmospheric and evocative'
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5.0 out of 5 stars China as it really is, 26 Sep 2007
By Kathy Loves Books (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
While living in Beijing from 2002-2005, I was always looking for a novel that captured the contradictions of contemporary life there. Hats off to Catherine Sampson for writing such a good one! Pool of Unease isn't just a gripping thriller --it's a window into a China that most people who tune in to the Olympics will never see. From the opening scene where hapless Chinese detective Song finds himself running panicked through the woods with a child he has just saved, to the murder of a British man that brings intrepid journalist Robin Ballantyne to Beijing -- it's clear we are caught up in a world where things are not as they seem. Sampson does a wonderful job of showing why this is particularly true in modern China where the lives of newly rich and desperately poor entwine and Western expectations clash with Eastern values. Her Chinese characters, Song and Blue, are so well-drawn and believable (and Robyn's connection with them so palpable) that even after the story arrived at its unexpected conclusion, I couldn't help but wonder happens to them next.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Pool of Unease, 3 Sep 2007
By Jean Marie Miles (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This is the third "Robin Ballantyne" book from this author. It is set in Beijing where the author lives and which she clearly knows well. By an interesting and unusual twist, her heroine is a stranger there and knows it not at all. She is an investigative journalist, on assignment from London concerning the murder by decapitation of a British businessman. Sampson's local knowledge enables her to create a mounting sense of menace, with utterly convincing Chinese characters.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Pool of Unease, 22 May 2009
By J. Wing (West Cork Ireland) - See all my reviews
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Catherine Sampson's two previous crime thrillers feature Robin Ballantyne,documentary maker for "the Corporation",and she has again surprised me by moving the action to Beijing with authentic details re: locations and culture of this city. Her descriptions of trying to rear her twin kids and solve crimes simultaneously make the story entertaining as well as a gripping thriller.It centres around the murder of a British businessman in Beijing, and the problems of trying to solve the murder while on a tourist visa. Chinese detective Fong is a new character in her novels - her direct opposite but with the same objectives - to solve the mystery I recommend this book for a good read which is different.
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