Nightmare Syndrome

Yellowthread Street #15

by William Marshall

During the final weeks of British imperial rule in Hong Kong, Detective Chief Inspector Harry Feiffer investigates a series of murders of top industrialists, while Detective Senior Inspector O'Yee finds that six strange armed gnomes have taken over the Yellowthread Street police station.

Genres: Mystery

246 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

William Marshall (or William Leonard Marshall) (born 1944, Australia) is an Australian author, best known for his Hong Kong-based "Yellowthread Street" mystery novels, some of which were used as the basis for a British TV series.

Reviews

[A.M. Steiner · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of Marshall's best written episodes in the madcap Yellowthread Street detective series.

[Matthew Beck · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not sure what else I can say about the Yellowthread Street novels. Of course, there are greater and lesser ones, that is, five-star and four-star ones. If you haven't read one, read one. And if you don't care for it, I'm not sure what to tell you. So much of the world, and life, is encapsulated in these stories: the striving underclass, the rich, the sacred history of the Chinese, the fading glory of the British Empire, childhood, disappointing adulthood, friendship and love.