- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Night Shade Books (8 May 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1597800473
- ISBN-13: 978-1597800471
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.4 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 917,072 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When Detective Inspector Chen goes on holiday, his demonic partner Zhu Irzh finds himself alone in Singapore Three. The missing body of a brutally murdered socialite and the strange experiments of a well-connected, beautiful, young heiress leads Zhu into a maze of death and corruption. Chen returns to the city just as Zhu's baser instincts seem to be getting the better of him. While the rest of the police department thinks the worst of Zhu, Chen suspects something more malignant, particularly when the forces of Heaven begin manifesting themselves in Singapore Three, taking sides and leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake.
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
Good read - lots of action - sometimes things happen with no explanation which can be disconcerting.
Format:Hardcover
The Demon and the City is a satisfying sequel to Snake Agent, with Det. Insp. Chen and his demon assistant, Zhu Irzh. The series is set in the alternative/futuristic city of Singapore 3, and Chen's job is liaison with Heaven & Hell.
At the beginning of this second book, Chen is on vacation, and Zhu Irzh investigates the disappearance of the daughter of a rich family alone. A faceless corpse is discovered; the missing woman's girlfriend starts to have doubts about her job in a big pharmaceutical corporation; and Zhu Irzh is investigating a suspect in unusual depth as Chen arrives back in Singapore 3.
The book has plenty of action, humour, excellent characterisation, tremendous invention, good writing and fiendish plotting. Highly recommended.
At the beginning of this second book, Chen is on vacation, and Zhu Irzh investigates the disappearance of the daughter of a rich family alone. A faceless corpse is discovered; the missing woman's girlfriend starts to have doubts about her job in a big pharmaceutical corporation; and Zhu Irzh is investigating a suspect in unusual depth as Chen arrives back in Singapore 3.
The book has plenty of action, humour, excellent characterisation, tremendous invention, good writing and fiendish plotting. Highly recommended.
Format:Paperback
With the first book in the inspector Chen series, Liz Williams introduced a clever, thought out world of oriental occult police work, and the book was a real gem.
however, book 2 in this series, The Demon and the City, is not a patch on that first novel.
yes its written well, interesting prose, lots of nice ideas and the oriental world and main characters are great.
but there have been some changes that really detracted from the things i loved about the first one. Firstly 'Inspector Chen' himself is absent from more than half the novel, replaced by the bubbling Zhu Irzh (who is fine as a character but not as great) and with him disappears the police procedural element of the story for that half. What follows is a muddled adventure story, set mildly within the boundaries of police work.
the plot is also extremely convoluted, random events, non explained characters and happenings make it a struggle to understand and chapters are spent explaining what happened last chapter - very dull.
Williams has also introduced a larger cast - at least 4 new characters - to begin with these are interesting (you assume they are a part of the investigation) but they soon seem to be more important than that - but no more compelling. They have nothing to do with Chen. One wonders why they replaced Chen to no effect - when i pined for Chen to come back. it seems from the ending that most of these characters are back in the next installment - which is a real shame - its not really the Chen novels anymore. Bring back the police work, bring back the plot, the interest.
in short, a muddled convoluted plot that races to a disastrous somewhat pointless finale, a collection of new and dull characters and little to no Chen! it is nicely done and written well. i just hope what i loved from Snake Agent is back in Precious Dragon.
7/10
(Snake Agent got a 10)
however, book 2 in this series, The Demon and the City, is not a patch on that first novel.
yes its written well, interesting prose, lots of nice ideas and the oriental world and main characters are great.
but there have been some changes that really detracted from the things i loved about the first one. Firstly 'Inspector Chen' himself is absent from more than half the novel, replaced by the bubbling Zhu Irzh (who is fine as a character but not as great) and with him disappears the police procedural element of the story for that half. What follows is a muddled adventure story, set mildly within the boundaries of police work.
the plot is also extremely convoluted, random events, non explained characters and happenings make it a struggle to understand and chapters are spent explaining what happened last chapter - very dull.
Williams has also introduced a larger cast - at least 4 new characters - to begin with these are interesting (you assume they are a part of the investigation) but they soon seem to be more important than that - but no more compelling. They have nothing to do with Chen. One wonders why they replaced Chen to no effect - when i pined for Chen to come back. it seems from the ending that most of these characters are back in the next installment - which is a real shame - its not really the Chen novels anymore. Bring back the police work, bring back the plot, the interest.
in short, a muddled convoluted plot that races to a disastrous somewhat pointless finale, a collection of new and dull characters and little to no Chen! it is nicely done and written well. i just hope what i loved from Snake Agent is back in Precious Dragon.
7/10
(Snake Agent got a 10)
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A fascinating world
I have read other books by this author and I felt they were sometimes very good, other times they just missed the mark, but I felt she could possibly bring it together if she found... Read more
Published on 11 Nov 2007 by Books R Me
Devilishly good
I loved this book as it explores more of Singapore 3's links to Heaven and Hell. Zhu Irzh is a fascinating character and the fairly convoluted plot rushes on at a great pace. Read more
Published on 15 Sep 2007 by Bookwyrm
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