The Murder of Mr. Ma

Netgalley read.

For fans of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes, London, 1920's, swashbuckling, two Chinese investigators trying to find a killer going after Chinese immigrates with a sword. Sounds freaking perfect.

It starts out great with the narrator being approached with an odd request, a prison break. The blurb and the beginning are good but then things slows down. Not much of a mystery, more action and or main character the academic Lao She is often sidelined and retells part of the story to us after he has been told the story... why not have us in the mids of the action?

Spring Heeled Jack in a nice spice in the story and I couldn't help thinking of Bruce Lee in “The Green Hornet” but the idea of Bruce Lee fighting crime in 1920's London is a lot better than whatever this was.

Didn't care for the characters and then there were more bible quotes than I cared for.