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George Sueño and Ernie Bascom return for their thirteenth outing, which takes them from Seoul to the DMZ in their most politically charged murder case yet.
The Korean Demilitarized Zone, 1970s: A battered corpse is found a few feet north of the line dividing North and South Korea. When 8th Army CID Agents George Sueñ...
George Sueño and Ernie Bascom return for their thirteenth outing, which takes them from Seoul to the DMZ in their most politically charged murder case yet.
The Korean Demilitarized Zone, 1970s: A battered corpse is found a few feet north of the line dividing North and South Korea. When 8th Army CID Agents George Sueño and Ernie Bascom pull the body to the South Korean side on orders from their superiors, they have no idea of the international conflict that small action will spark. Before war breaks out, they must discover who killed Corporal Noh Jong-bei, a young Korean soldier working with the US Army.
The murderer could be from either side of the DMZ. How can two US military agents interrogate North Korean witnesses? What George and Ernie discover gets them pulled off the case, but fearing they’ve put the wrong man behind bars, they disobey orders in an attempt to discover the truth.
Media
“An enduring and freshly relevant series . . . Limón, himself a former US Army man who served 10 years in Korea, writes with knowledge of the travails and rewards of military life.”
—The Wall Street Journal
“Clever plotting and superior characterizations lift this suspenseful, atmospheric installment.”
—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
“[The Line] entertains with its easy banter and fascinates with deep insight into its precise historical moment.”
–Kirkus Reviews
“Superb... Limón has never been better at incorporating a logical mystery plot into the politics of his chosen time and place.”
–Publishers Weekly, Starred Review on The Line
“One of the most powerful episodes in an always-strong series.”
–Booklist, Starred Review on The Line
“Limon's fiction comes from personal experience, with some obvious parallels between his own life and main protagonist Sueno's. As well as sharing a Hispanic heritage, Limon also served in Korea, first arriving in 1968... Rare foreign fiction set in Korea.”
–The Korea Times on The Line
“Acclaimed author and army vet Martin Limon again hits the target with his 13th military murder mystery.”