**_Bones of the Earth_ is Edgar-award winning author Eliot Pattison's much anticipated tenth and final installment in the internationally acclaimed Inspector Shan series.** After Shan Tao Yun is forced to witness the execution of a Tibetan for corruption, he can't shake the suspicion that he has in
Bones of the Earth
โ Scribed by Pattison, Eliot
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press;Minotaur Books
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 223 KB
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Bones of the Earth is Edgar-award winning author Eliot Pattison's much anticipated tenth and final installment in the internationally acclaimed Inspector Shan series.
After Shan Tao Yun is forced to witness the execution of a Tibetan for corruption, he can't shake the suspicion that he has instead witnessed a murder arranged by conspiring officials. When he learns that a Tibetan monk has been accused by the same officials of using Buddhist magic to murder soldiers then is abruptly given a badge as special deputy to the county governor, Inspector Shan realizes he is being thrust into a ruthless power struggle. Knowing he has made too many enemies in the government, Shan desperately wants to avoid such a battle, but then discovers that among its casualties are a murdered American archaeology student and devout Tibetans who were only trying to protect an ancient shrine.
Soon grasping that the underlying mysteries are rooted in both the Chinese and...
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