The Burnings
$16.56
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
8 May 2018
Summary
‘Lees’ strikingly descriptive writing transports you directly to the streets of Jakarta… this will make you want to book a flight right now’ - Independent
A killer hides in plain sight on the crowded streets of Jakarta …
When a woman’s scorched remains are discovered in her burnt-out car, Ruud Pujasumarta and his team are brought in to investigate what appears to be a routine homicide. But when another woman’s charred body is found a …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472123138 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1472123131 |
| Author: | Julian Lees |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 8 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 274g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 130mm x 199mm |
| Series: | The Bone Ritual |
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Critics Review
This second outing for Inspector Pujasumarta is an excellent police procedural set in a fascinating location featuring an empathetic and immensely likeable central character. - Independent
Julian Lees’ lush use of language conjures up the extravagant and the seedy sides of life in modern Jakarta and transports the reader to its steamy slums and palaces, ratcheting up the tension through myriad false trails, keeping the reader enthralled right up until the denouement - Crime Fiction Fix on The Bone Rituala darkly compelling tale of family secrets, lies and murder - Crime Review on The Bone RitualLee’s striking descriptive writing transports you directly to the streets of Jakarta … reading this will make you want to book a flight right now … the book hurtles towards a conclusion that will keep you guessing right to the very end - Irish Independent on The Bone RitualJulian Lees
Julian Lees was born and raised in Hong Kong, attended boarding school in England and currently lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with his wife and children.
The great-grandson of a high-ranking Cossack general who served under the last Tsar of Russia, Julian is a writer who draws from his family’s rich history. His novels are set in a world where East meets West, a cross-cultural world which he captures bewitchingly and dramatically in his fiction.
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