Library Journal Review: Starred Review. Last year, Church made his impressive debut with A Corpse in the Koryo; his follow-up is nothing short of brilliant. A man wearing a silk-stocking mask is run over by a bus after he has robbed a bank in Pyongyang, North Korea. The case is given to Inspector O. There is no paperwork, no evidence gathered at the scene, no autopsy, and soon no body. The political machinations within the police department and the incredible bureaucracy that intrudes in every part of life in North Korea give Inspector O the opportunity to prove what an incredibly adroit officer he is. Church is the pseudonym of a former Western intelligence officer who has traveled through North Korea. His tale twists and turns and leaves the reader gasping for more. Highly recommended. [See Mystery Prepub, LJ 7/07; for another view of Korea, see the review of Martin Lim?n's The Wandering Ghost, p. 115.] Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.