Detective Inspector Chen Series by Liz Williams, Tanith Lee, John Joseph Adams, Carrie Vaughn, Taiyo Fujii, Mary Robinette Kowal, Tony Daniel, Kelly Link, William Alexander, Andrea Hairston

3.82 · 65 ratings
  • A Glass of Shadow (Detective Inspector Chen #0.1)
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    A Glass of Shadow (Detective Inspector Chen #0.1)

    Liz Williams, Tanith Lee

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2011

    A collection of 19 stories personally selected by the author, including two original to the collection, tales that draw aside the veils of mundane reality to reveal the hidden truths of this world and beyond. Stories that transport the reader from the icy Mars of Winterstrike to the searing deserts of Kazakhstan; from the exotic streets of Inspector Chen's Singapore Three to the forgotten waterways and hidden courtyards of Venice... more

  • Necrochip (Detective Inspector Chen #0.1)
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    Necrochip (Detective Inspector Chen #0.1)

    Liz Williams

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2011

    “Sure, you can sleep with me,” she said, with a small, cool smile. “But only after I’m dead.”A thrilling short story set in Singapore Three, the home of Inspector Chen.

  • Lightspeed Magazine, July 2015 (Detective Inspector Chen #0.2)
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    Lightspeed Magazine, July 2015 (Detective Inspector Chen #0.2)

    John Joseph Adams, Carrie Vaughn, Taiyo Fujii, Mary Robinette Kowal, Tony Daniel, Kelly Link, William Alexander, Andrea Hairston, Liz Williams

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2008

    LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales... more

  • Snake Agent (Detective Inspector Chen #1)
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    Snake Agent (Detective Inspector Chen #1)

    Liz Williams

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings · published 2005

    Detective Inspector Chen is the Singapore Three police department's snake agent - the detective in charge of supernatural and mystical investigations. Chen has several problems: in addition to colleagues who don't trust him and his mystical ways, a patron goddess whom he has offended and a demonic wife who's tired of staying home alone, he's been paired with one of Hell's own vice officers, Seneschal Zhu Irzh, to investigate the illegal trade in souls... more

  • The Demon and the City (Detective Inspector Chen #2)
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    The Demon and the City (Detective Inspector Chen #2)

    Liz Williams

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings · published 2006

    When Chen goes on holiday, his demonic partner Zhu Irzh finds himself alone in Singapore Three. The missing body of a brutally murdered socialite and the strange experiments of a well-connected, beautiful, young heiress leads Zhu into a maze of death and corruption. Chen returns to the city just as Zhu's baser instincts seem to be getting the better of him... more

  • Precious Dragon (Detective Inspector Chen #3)
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    Precious Dragon (Detective Inspector Chen #3)

    Liz Williams

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2007

    Detective Inspector Chen and Zhu Irzh are given a major assignment to escort an emissary from Heaven on a diplomatic mission to Hell. Zhu tries to dodge his demonic family’s overtures, but ends up embroiled in Hell’s political intrigues. At the same time, a young boy born to ghostly parents in Hell is sent to live with his grandmother in Singapore Three... more

  • The Shadow Pavilion (Detective Inspector Chen #4)
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    The Shadow Pavilion (Detective Inspector Chen #4)

    Liz Williams

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2008

    Detective Inspector Chen is back! The Snake Agent returns in The Shadow Pavilion, the fourth Detective Inspector Chen novel from Liz Williams. When Chen’s partner, the demon Seneschal Zhu Irzh, disappears, Chen must enlist all of his allies and assets in order to locate him. Meanwhile, Zhu Irzh finds himself trapped in an unfamiliar jungle Hell, stalked by a rogue demon lord and his harem of tigress demons. An assassin from between worlds targets Mhara, the new Emperor of Heaven... more

  • The Iron Khan (Detective Inspector Chen #5)
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    The Iron Khan (Detective Inspector Chen #5)

    Liz Williams

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2009

    Tasked with retrieving the Book before it can alter reality, Chen crosses paths with his former partner, Zhu Irzh who is in hot pursuit of the Iron Khan, an evil, homicidal immortal intent on conquering Asia by any means. While Chen and Zhu are otherwise occupied, Inari — Chen’s demon wife — is whisked away by forces intent on revenge against Chen and ultimately, the Emperor of Heaven.

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