James Church
1 SeriesJames Church, an American author, writes the Inspector O series under a pseudonym. Born in the 1940s and raised in California's San Fernando Valley, he spent his career as an intelligence officer in Asia, which informs his detective fiction and spy thrillers.
In "A Corpse in the Koryo" by James Church, the first book of the Inspector O series, Inspector O is tasked with photographing a car on a secluded highway. This seemingly simple assignment leads him far from his usual territory and into danger. As he delves deeper, Inspector O uncovers a web of cold cases involving kidnapping and murder. The North Korean government aims to eliminate those with knowledge of these cases, placing Inspector O at the center of a deadly conspiracy.
