G.I. Bones - Hardcover

Limon, Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1569476039 ISBN 13: 9781569476031

Publisher: Soho Crime, 2009

Synopsis

A Korean fortune teller is being "bothered" by a long dead American soldier who wants his bones found and buried. An underage officer's daughter and a Latino soldier she was secretly dating are missing. Several of the most notorious of the Korean gangsters who own bars in Itaewon - Seoul's red light district - have been killed.
Sergeants George Sueno and Ernie Bascom, Military Intelligence MPs, must go back to the founding of Itaewon - "the ville" - in order to find out who the dead soldier was and where his body has been hidden, as well as who murdered him and why. In the course of this investigation, they discover a connection to the ganglord killings and the killers' motive, and to the case of the missing girl.

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Review

Praise for G.I. Bones

An NPR Best Book of the Year

"The latest in the series, G.I. Bones, is brilliant--imbued with affecting characters, a morally knotty storyline, and a last chapter that just plain stuns."
--Maureen Corrigan, NPR.org

"Nobody navigates the barely controlled chaos of Seoul's red light district like these two--or the byzantine ways of Army bureaucracy, for that matter. Limón's empathy for Korean culture, meanwhile, makes him an excellent guide."
--The Seattle Times

"If you've never encountered Limón in your literary travels, [G.I. Bones] is a good place to begin your journey."
--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Praise for the George Sueño and Ernie Bascom series

"Combining the grim routine of a modern police procedural with the cliff-hanging action of a thriller movie."
--The Wall Street Journal

"Altogether engaging."
--The Washington Post Book World

"It's great to have these two mavericks back."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Setting the standard for military crime fiction, Limón's compelling stories of murder, greed, and abuse of power are set off by the Korean culture and 1970s atmosphere."
--Library Journal, Starred Review

"Throughout this critically acclaimed series, Limón has displayed a remarkable talent for weaving his background knowledge of the country into his plots."
--Booklist

"Easily the best military mysteries in print today."
--Lee Child

"Martin Limón does what the best storytellers do: take you away to a brand new world."
--Michael Connelly

About the Author

Martin Limón is the author of numerous stories about his army police duo as well as five previous novels, Jade Lady Burning, Slicky Boys, Buddha's Money, The Door to Bitterness, and The Wandering Ghost, all available from Soho Crime. His debut novel, Jade Lady Burning, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. He lives near Seattle.

Edition details

• Publisher: Soho Crime
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1569476039
• ISBN 13: 9781569476031
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 266