Sniper, The, Chang KuoLi
Sniper, The, Chang KuoLi
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Sniper, The

Author: Chang Kuo-Li

Narrator: David Shih

Unabridged: 7 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/24/2021


Synopsis

Twelve days before retirement, Taipei police detective Wu is handed a curious case: a Navy officer has been found dead in his hotel room. While it is immediately apparent to Wu that the officer has been murdered, the military insist it was suicide and want the case closed with no questions asked. Soon, however, more high-ranking Navy officers turn up dead, and Wu realizes he has a full-blown conspiracy on his hands. Meanwhile in Italy, Alex, a young Taiwanese sniper, ex-Marine, ex-French Foreign Legion, and fried-rice chef in Manarola, is reactivated and called back into service. Ordered to assassinate a high-level Taiwanese government advisor in Rome, he soon finds himself on the run, hunted across Europe by his old brothers-in-arms. Who is killing Navy officers in Taiwan? And who ordered the hit in Rome? As the body count rises, Wu finds himself in a race against time to solve the murders before his retirement, and Alex embarks on a journey back to Taiwan to uncover the truth about who set him up. Inspired by the biggest military corruption case in Taiwanese historythe murder of Navy Captain Yin Ching-fengThe Sniper is both a masterclass in thriller writing and a study of the heart of darkness in the time of war and peace.

About Chang Kuo-Li

Chang Kuo-Li is an award-winning novelist, historian, poet, and playwright. He has published more than thirty books over the course of his career, many of which have been adapted for film and television. He lives in Taiwan.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Basalt

單看劇情是4星,但我實在喜歡裡面上司下屬、親子、夫妻、同袍之間親密互動的描述,雖在說一個帶著懸疑的辦案故事,但敘事手法卻是輕鬆而帶點詼諧的。變成神隊友的兒子,對於官場和台灣社會現況的寫實諷刺,還有諸多熟悉的地點、單位名稱使人備感親切,是以評為5星。......more

Endlich mal kein verhaltensgestörter Kommissar samt fieser Kollegen! Zu fünf Sternen fehlt nicht viel, mir war die Geschichte ab und an etwas zu verworren (das liegt auch an den Namen, ich habe komplett den Überblick verloren). Die Idee mit dem Scharfschützen ist Klasse!......more

Zuletzt erschien im Droemer Knaur Verlag der Thriller "Der grillende Killer" vom asiatischen Autor Chang Kuo-Li. Bisher habe ich recht wenige asiatische Thriller gelesen, sodass ich mich auf dieses Buch gefreut habe. Handlungstechnisch geht es um den Kommissar Wu aus Taipeh, der zwölf Tage vor seiner......more

3.5 Stars......more