Praise for A Drop of Chinese Blood:
"Stellar... An intricate plot that ranks as one of Church's best... A satirical look at paranoid intelligence structures and the snappy, irreverent narration add to the fun." –Publishers Weekly, starred review
Praise for James Church and the Inspector O series
"Church uses his years of intelligence work to excellent advantage… delivering one duplicitous plot twist after another." - The Washington Post
“Satisfied readers will hail Church as the equal of le Carré.” –Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Like Marlowe and Spade before him, Inspector O navigates the shadows and, every now and then, finds truth in the half-light."--The Wall Street Journal
“Weaving headlines with his own knowledge of the back story of North Korea, Mr. Church is getting better and better at his new tradecraft.” --Washington Times
"Church creates an utterly convincing, internally consistent world of the absurd where orders mean the opposite of what they say and paperwork routinely gets routed to oblivion." --The Boston Globe
“Church illuminates the darkness of North Korea's closed society in this fascinating series.” --Rocky Mountain News