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Snake Agent

Liz Williams

First published September 2005
Type Novel
Series Singapore Three › Detective Inspector Chen #1

<b>From the back cover of the Night Shade mmpb:</b> "Detective Inspector Chen of the Singapore Three police department specializes in cases of a supernatural and mystical nature. So when the ghost of a murdered girl fails to arrive in Heaven as expected, it's up to Chen to investigate the matter. <p>Seneschal Zhu Irzh is a demon employed by Hell's own police force to promote and regulate Vice. So when a dead prostitute escapes from a brothel in the underworld, Zhu Irzh is assigned to track the irksome spirit down. <p>Chen wants to see Pearl Tang safely delivered to Heaven. Zhu Irzh is under orders to drag her back to Hell. The human and the demon have conflicting agendas, and every reason not to trust each other, but they may have to work together to uncover a fiendish conspiracy that stretches from the depths of Hell to the heights of modern cybernetics."

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2006 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Nominee/Finalist

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 2005 Cover Snake Agent Night Shade Books Novel
September 2005 Cover Snake Agent Night Shade Books Novel
July 2006 Cover Snake Agent Night Shade Books Novel 1
January 2008 Cover Snake Agent Night Shade Books Novel 1
November 2008 Snake Agent Night Shade Books Novel
May 2012 Aavekauppiaan tytär Like Novel
September 2013 Cover Snake Agent Open Road Integrated Media Novel
September 2013 Cover Snake Agent Open Road Integrated Media Novel
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May 2014 Cover L'inspecteur Zhen et la traite des âmes L'Atalante Novel
July 2018 Cover The Detective Inspector Chen Novels Volume One Open Road Integrated Media Omnibus |1