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The sixth Sergeant George Sueño investigation
A Korean fortune-teller is haunted by a long-dead American soldier who wants his bones found and buried. A Latino soldier and the underage daughter of a white American officer are missing. Several notorious Korean gangsters who own bars in Itaewon-Seoul's red light district-have been killed. American military police officers George Sueño and Ernie Bascom must dig deep into the bloody history of Itaewon in order to find out who killed the dead soldier, who's taking revenge on the gang lords, and where to find the missing girl. 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 Martin Limón retired from military service after twenty years in the US Army, including ten years in Korea. He is the author of ten novels in the Sueño and Bascom series, including Jade Lady Burning, The Iron Sickle, The Ville Rat, and Ping-Pong Heart, as well as the short story collection Nightmare Range. He lives near Seattle. Cloth streamers hung from the front door of the fortune teller's hooch; bright red, yellow, and green. Tiny bells tied to the streamers tinkled in the late afternoon breeze. Doctor Yong In-ja, chief of the Itaewon branch of the Yongsan District Public Health Service, pulled three sticks of incense out of her pocket, struck a single wooden match against a dirty brick wall, and lit all three. She handed one to me, one to the young business girl I knew only as Miss Kwon, and kept the last for herself. Pungent smoke assaulted my nostrils. Turning, Doc Yong pushed open the small wooden door in the front wall and crouched through into the fortune teller's courtyard.
My name is George Sueño. I'm an agent for the Criminal Investigation Division of the 8th United States Army in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Normally, I don't seek consultations with fortune tellers. But when Doc Yong asked me to accompany her and the traumatized Miss Kwon to see the woman whom she referred to as "the most famous chom-cheingi in Seoul," I didn't refuse.
Miss Kwon was a cute kid, about nineteen years old, with cheeks that quivered like a chipmunk's. I had first seen her in Doc Yong's office some twenty minutes ago. She had been so nervous at meeting me that her hands shook. I spoke to her in Korean, using polite verb endings, and she calmed down, but only a bit. Miss Kwon's fear of men-especially Americans-was vast. Doc Yong had
A Korean fortune-teller is haunted by a long-dead American soldier who wants his bones found and buried. A Latino soldier and the underage daughter of a white American officer are missing. Several notorious Korean gangsters who own bars in Itaewon-Seoul's red light district-have been killed. American military police officers George Sueño and Ernie Bascom must dig deep into the bloody history of Itaewon in order to find out who killed the dead soldier, who's taking revenge on the gang lords, and where to find the missing girl. 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 Martin Limón retired from military service after twenty years in the US Army, including ten years in Korea. He is the author of ten novels in the Sueño and Bascom series, including Jade Lady Burning, The Iron Sickle, The Ville Rat, and Ping-Pong Heart, as well as the short story collection Nightmare Range. He lives near Seattle. Cloth streamers hung from the front door of the fortune teller's hooch; bright red, yellow, and green. Tiny bells tied to the streamers tinkled in the late afternoon breeze. Doctor Yong In-ja, chief of the Itaewon branch of the Yongsan District Public Health Service, pulled three sticks of incense out of her pocket, struck a single wooden match against a dirty brick wall, and lit all three. She handed one to me, one to the young business girl I knew only as Miss Kwon, and kept the last for herself. Pungent smoke assaulted my nostrils. Turning, Doc Yong pushed open the small wooden door in the front wall and crouched through into the fortune teller's courtyard.
My name is George Sueño. I'm an agent for the Criminal Investigation Division of the 8th United States Army in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Normally, I don't seek consultations with fortune tellers. But when Doc Yong asked me to accompany her and the traumatized Miss Kwon to see the woman whom she referred to as "the most famous chom-cheingi in Seoul," I didn't refuse.
Miss Kwon was a cute kid, about nineteen years old, with cheeks that quivered like a chipmunk's. I had first seen her in Doc Yong's office some twenty minutes ago. She had been so nervous at meeting me that her hands shook. I spoke to her in Korean, using polite verb endings, and she calmed down, but only a bit. Miss Kwon's fear of men-especially Americans-was vast. Doc Yong had