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Wild Prey de Brian Klingborg
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Wild Prey (edició 2022)

de Brian Klingborg (Autor)

Sèrie: Inspector Lu Fei (2)

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Fiction. Mystery. Police Inspector Lu Fei has an unfortunate talent for getting himself into hot water with powerful and well-connected people. Which is why he's been assigned to a backwater town in a rural area of Northern China and quietly warned to keep his head down. But while running a sting operation on the sale and consumption of rare and endangered animals, Lu comes across the curious case of a waitress who has gone missing. Her last known whereabouts: a restaurant frequented by local elites, owned by smooth-talking gangster, and known for its exotic-and highly illegal-delicacies. As usual, Lu's investigation ruffles some feathers, resulting in his suspension from the police force. Lu figures he's reached a dead-end. Then he's contacted by a mysterious government official in Beijing who wants him to go undercover to track down the mastermind behind an illegal animal trafficking network-and hopefully, the answer to the fate of the missing waitress. The mission will require Lu to travel deep into the lawless wilds of Myanmar, where he will risk his life to infiltrate the hidden compound of a mysterious and ruthless female warlord in a bloody and nearly hopeless quest for justice.… (més)
Membre:cathyskye
Títol:Wild Prey
Autors:Brian Klingborg (Autor)
Informació:Minotaur Books (2022), 297 pages
Col·leccions:Llegit, però no el tinc
Valoració:****1/2
Etiquetes:Mystery

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Wild Prey by Brian Klingborg is a 2022 Minotaur publication.

This is the second book in the Inspector Lu Fei Mystery series. I was intrigued by this series as it is set in China, which is something different, at least, but I wondered how the series would fare once that novelty wore off. If this installment is any indication, it looks as though the mysteries will be strong enough to outlast the uniqueness of the premise.

The subject matter of the plot is timely considering the Coronavirus and certain ‘edible delicacies’ that are now illegal to serve. This creates a black-market trade, which is how Lu gets involved in a case that takes a strange turn when he gets involved in a missing persons case that gets him suspended…

I thought the debut was solid- which is why I came back for book two. But, I also thought it was safe beginning, as well, more or less a standard procedural set in an exotic location...

But hang on to your hat because...

This second installment was even more suspenseful- but also more graphic than the debut- but my goodness what a wild ride! A very solid sophomore effort- and then some!

The characters develop a bit more as well and while sometimes Lu seemed petulant with his widow friend, he's a stand up guy who bravely lives by his own moral code.

I loved the way things wrapped up- with some unexpected surprises- and I’m still very intrigued by this series and am eagerly anticipating book three! ( )
  gpangel | Aug 17, 2022 |
Exotic location, interesting characters, and a big problem

Wild Prey” opens with a troubling prologue that entices readers and hints at the dramatic events to come. Two men are “harvesting” the saleable parts of an animal. It is dangerous, but the greater the danger, the bigger the prize.

The story continues in the first-person present tense narrative of Inspector Lu Fei, Harbin, People’s Republic of China. Law enforcement in the People’s Republic is decidedly different; few citizens have guns, but a pot of soup can inflict great pain. The police are focused and detail-oriented because multiple cases must be solved at the same time; there is a lot of work. The current important case involves a conspiracy to smuggle exotic animal parts from the nearby jungles of Myanmar. This is both “high priority” and sensitive because rich and powerful people are involved.

The police also must be available to help those in need, and Meirong is one such person. Her sister is missing, no notice, no contact, just gone. The girl may be on vacation, in the hands of human traffickers, or something worse. Meirong sits at the police station, waiting for answers. Every day she sits; she waits, and she will remain there until she gets an answer, any answer. This is not the problem it seems to be on the surface; the sister’s job connects the two cases. She works at a high-end restaurant famous for not only their exotic meats and dishes with medicinal properties, but also for their “off menu” items.

The action unfolds at a deliberate and planned pace. Readers learn the details of each case as the characters uncover information. There is a maze of deception that has to be navigated to find the truth. Everyday life events, personal interactions, professional concerns, cultural experiences, and occasional poems create a unique narrative.

I received a review copy of “Wild Prey” from Brian Klingborg, Minotaur Books, and Macmillan Publishing. This is the second book in the “Inspector Lu Fei Mystery” series. Any information needed from the past is included as part of the current storyline, and personal connections give characters depth and complexity.

“Wild Prey” is now available in print, on Kindle, and as an audiobook from independent bookstores, online booksellers, retail stores, public libraries and anywhere you get your books.
  3no7 | Jul 15, 2022 |
Chinese police procedural thriller!

Klingborg has taken up various themes and run with them through this continuation into the exploits of the very unusual Deputy Chief Inspector Lu Fei a police officer with the Public Security Bureau, in the township of Raven, Heilongjiang Province in Northern China. When we first see Lu he’s staking out a local market looking for a fugitive involved in the black market trade of exotic animal products that will be made into medicinal remedies. What with the increasing pressure from international conservationists and in the wake of the ravages of coronavirus, the Peoples Republic of China is serious about stamping out this centuries old trade.
Meanwhile a young girl, Tan Meirong, haunts the Raven police station (the paichusuo) insisting someone find her older missing sister, Meixiang.
It turns out Meixiang was working for a restaurant that sold illicit bushmeat’s for those men needing the vigor of viagara but using the traditional, illegal methods. There’s a little more going on in this restaurant than this though.
Lu ends up going undercover into Burma (Myanmar) to source the operational headquarters of these outlawed products. What he finds is more than he’d bargained for. What he faces is dangerous in the extreme, as is the very unusual person in charge of the operation. All this is part of endeavouring to find out the fate of Miexiang. Lu’s overriding concern is for her.
Along the way were given an insight into the lives of the general populace in the PRC, the hidden face of who is entitled to medical benefits, the fate of unemployed young country women seeking to become more financially independent who often end up working as prostitutes or in sweat shop factories.
Lu’s personal life has him still endeavoring to build his relationship with the delightful Lou Yanyan owner of the tiny bar, the Red Lotus. I love their interactions.
The pandemic flows along underneath, not focused on, just a part of life today.
Lu’s determination to do the right thing is part of the endearment of who he is. That conviction leads him into dangerous situations that had me on the edge of my seat exclaiming, “Now What?”
An enthralling and clever novel, with a lovely underlying wit, that speaks into the today of this area of the world.
More than ever Lu is up there with my favorite Chinese detectives.

A St. Martin's Press ARC via NetGalley ( )
  eyes.2c | May 19, 2022 |
Author Brian Klingborg mined all the potential from his first Lu Fei mystery, Thief of Souls, and created a standout in Wild Prey-- even though the treatment of animals and most of the listed cuisine is stomach-churning. From flashes of laugh-out-loud humor to learning Chinese slang to the mind-boggling fact that there are 200 million surveillance cameras in China to the story itself, I was engrossed. Even though there is still the age-old problem of the rich and powerful insisting on being above the law, it is good to learn that China is finally bowing to international pressure and the coronavirus to crack down on the illegal wildlife trade.

Inspector Lu Fei still finds almost no help from his fellow police officers, but at least he does have one friend in a high place-- and two fellow characters to help him carry the load. One, the teenage Meirong, is alternately funny and endearing as she camps out in the police station to shame Lu Fei into finding her sister. Little does she know, he is working on the case, he's just not telling her everything he's doing. The second character helping to carry the story load is the female warlord in Myanmar. She's not your typical thug even though you'd be a fool to turn your back on her. And at least Lu Fei has one person who's not involved in his work. It's the bar owner Yanyan with whom he's passionately in love, although she still seems to be in love with her dead husband. Watching that relationship unfold is interesting, to say the least. Will Lu Fei win Yanyan over? We shall see.

For those of you worried about those animal trafficking scenes and the descriptions of the dishes made from the animals, Klingborg does not go overboard. He knows that a light touch is the best way to proceed and although those scenes are few and of short duration, they still resonate and show the importance of why this trade must stop. We humans have to be intelligent enough to devise new ways to show off immense wealth and to cure erectile dysfunction. Don't we? In Wild Prey, Brian Klingborg shows that there are people willing to put their lives on the line to put a stop to one of the more disgusting ways to prove you're a big shot.

(Review copy courtesy of the publisher and Net Galley) ( )
  cathyskye | May 15, 2022 |
Lu Fei is a police inspector relegated to rural northern China. A teenaged girl wants him to find her missing sister, and, while he’s reluctant to do so, the girl is persistent and he finally agrees to investigate the older sister’s disappearance. The more he digs, the more intrigued he becomes. He is suspended from the police force when his digging goes too deep and ruffles the feathers of the rich and powerful. When given the opportunity to continue his hunt, he goes undercover for another agency and travels to Myanmar.

This book, unlike the first in this series, is not for the faint of heart. There is animal cruelty, which is not gratuitous, and serves the purpose of showing that there are still those in China who believe that animals will provide men with prowesses, etc. Did the author have to be so graphic in his descriptions, probably not, but perhaps he wanted to bring attention to the underworld trade in exotic, and sometimes endangered, species and this was one way of doing that.

This is the second book in the series and can be read without having read the first book because the author does a good job of giving just enough information on some of the characters from the first book, so the reader isn’t lost. However, the first book was character driven and Klingborg created an unusual character in the ethical police inspector Lu Fei. Read the first book so you understand more clearly why Lu Fei is willing to jeopardize his livelihood to bring these criminals to justice.

If you can’t abide the animal cruelty in this book and you haven’t read the first book in the series, read the first one instead. If you can’t abide animal cruelty and can skip over those scenes, then read this book.

This is definitely a series you’ll want to read if you like books set in foreign countries and featuring a well-researched main character who lives there.

My thanks to Minotaur and Edelweiss for an eARC. ( )
  FirstReader | May 13, 2022 |
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Fiction. Mystery. Police Inspector Lu Fei has an unfortunate talent for getting himself into hot water with powerful and well-connected people. Which is why he's been assigned to a backwater town in a rural area of Northern China and quietly warned to keep his head down. But while running a sting operation on the sale and consumption of rare and endangered animals, Lu comes across the curious case of a waitress who has gone missing. Her last known whereabouts: a restaurant frequented by local elites, owned by smooth-talking gangster, and known for its exotic-and highly illegal-delicacies. As usual, Lu's investigation ruffles some feathers, resulting in his suspension from the police force. Lu figures he's reached a dead-end. Then he's contacted by a mysterious government official in Beijing who wants him to go undercover to track down the mastermind behind an illegal animal trafficking network-and hopefully, the answer to the fate of the missing waitress. The mission will require Lu to travel deep into the lawless wilds of Myanmar, where he will risk his life to infiltrate the hidden compound of a mysterious and ruthless female warlord in a bloody and nearly hopeless quest for justice.

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