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The Chinese Maze Murders by Robert Van Gulik (1957)

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My parents are hardcore mystery fans, so much so that I’m surprised my siblings weren’t named Agatha, Ngaio, or Rex. For some reason, I had never gotten into the mystery genre for novels, though mystery/suspense/thrillers are easily my favorite types … Continue reading

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Fire of the Raging Dragon by Don Brown (2012)

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What would happen if China and the U.S. went to war over Taiwan? While politically an unlikely scenario these days, many, including author Don Brown, would like to consider this to be a very real possibility. Played out on war … Continue reading

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China Maze by Lawrence Gardella (1981)

The blurbs that pepper this 1981 book’s cover and front pages scream “Fact or Fiction?” as if the story that this novel portrays had any possibility of being real. Those blurbs initially drew me to the book, not to mention … Continue reading

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Safely Home by Randy Alcorn (2001)

“It cost him everything he had…but he gained everything that mattered.” My grandmother loaned me a copy of this book when I returned home after my first year in China. She said that it was a novel that reminded her … Continue reading

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