Grave Imports (Ray Sharp Novels) ebook

by Eric Stone

Eric Stone has crafted another gem of a novel. The exotic Asian settings are extremely well-drawn, although often not very enticing to this reader.

Eric Stone has crafted another gem of a novel. The interesting characters have distinctive voices, and their well-expressed dialogue drives the plot through an escalating series of conflicts to the understandable climax. Ray Sharp, the series' protagonist, is a fascinatingly complex semi-hero.

Grave Imports-5 Paws Eric Stone Bleak House Books, 2007, 328 pp. Eric Stone's most recent book is SHANGHAIED, the fourth book in his Ray Sharp series of detective thrillers set in Asia and based on true stories.

Grave Imports-5 Paws Eric Stone Bleak House Books, 2007, 328 pps. ISBN No. 978-1-932557-46-6. Travel Asia with Eric Stone as he relates the story of the smuggling ring uncovered in his investigation for his employer Due Diligence International. The previous books in the series are FLIGHT OF THE HORNBILL, GRAVE IMPORTS and THE LIVING ROOM OF THE DEAD. He is also the author of Wrong Side of the Wall - a true crime, sports biography.

The second Ray Sharp novel. A routine investigation into a Chinese art supplies company unearths a smuggling ring

The second Ray Sharp novel. A routine investigation into a Chinese art supplies company unearths a smuggling ring. The trail leads through a warehouse filled with looted antiquities in the boomtown of Shenzhen, just north of Hong Kong; to the lair of a vicious ex-South Vietnamese general now living in Thailand; and finally to the murderous Khmer Rouge in the ancient temples and more recent killing fields of Cambodia.

Introducing Ray Sharp, American expatriate journalist, detective, confused human being just trying to do at least a little . Book two in the series. A complacent reader will not get the full effect of books such as Grave Imports

Introducing Ray Sharp, American expatriate journalist, detective, confused human being just trying to do at least a little something right in the world. Helping out the brother of a colleague, Ray gets tangled up in the sleazy and deadly world of the Russian white slave trade. Based on a true story, the action moves from Hong Kong to Macau to an island brothel run by the Chinese Navy in the South China Sea and finally to its conclusion in Vladivostok in Russia's wild far east. A complacent reader will not get the full effect of books such as Grave Imports.

Grave Imports is the second book in a series about an ex-journalist who’s inquisitive nature gets him over involved in a variety of adventures. The Information Standard. UGC Certified Member. Grave Imports by Eric Stone. Are you familiar with this? Feel free to rate it!

Grave Imports is the second book in a series about an ex-journalist who’s inquisitive nature gets him over involved in a variety of adventures. Are you familiar with this? Feel free to rate it! I particularly enjoyed the descriptions of the temples in Cambodia (specifically Angkor Wat and how the main character initially views the temple).

and Asia, covering everything from economics to crime; politics to sex, drugs and rock & roll. He has traveled the world for both work and play, and lives in Los Angeles. He is the author of the four Ray Sharp novels: SHANGHAIED, FLIGHT OF THE HORNBILL, GRAVE IMPORTS and THE LIVING ROOM OF THE DEAD. The books are set in Asia and based on stories that Eric covered as a journalist. He is also the author of the true crime, sports biography, WRONG SIDE OF THE WALL.

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Grave Imports (novel), Bleak House Books (Neenah, WI), 2007. Stone has also written novels. In his 2007 novel, Grave Imports, the journalist protagonist from The Living Room of the Dead, Ray Sharp, returns. This time, Sharp is working for a corporate investigating firm.

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A routine investigation into a Chinese art supplies company unearths a smuggling ring. The trail leads through a warehouse filled with looted antiquities in the boomtown of Shenzhen, just north of Hong Kong; to the lair of a vicious ex-South Vietnamese general now living in Thailand; and finally to the murderous Khmer Rouge in the ancient temples and more recent killing fields of Cambodia. Based on the sordid facts of the illegal trade in stolen Cambodian art, GRAVE IMPORTS is a hotpot of high adventure in exotic locales, fascinating characters, high commerce, terrible crime and one mixed-up, reluctant hero trying to shed light into some of the darkest corners of Asia.

Risky Strong Dromedary

Ray Sharp is the lead character of this novel. A researcher based in Hong Kong, Ray is fond of Asian art and proudly displays an odd piece of sculpture in his apartment -- several shrunken heads that are mesmerizing and repulsive at the same time. When he takes his heads to a local antique shop to be remounted, he stumbles onto a conspiracy that involves the looting and sale of ancient art from temples in nearby Cambodia. Since Ray's day job is researching the provenance of artworks, he can't resist finding out more about the gray market in Asian antiquities. Thus begins the story in Grave Imports.

Before Ray is through he will make several trips to Cambodia, one of which is against his will. He will become involved with several interesting women, including a beggar, the dissolute wife of a powerful general, a couple of courtesans and a dwarf, or little person, who becomes his partner. He will narrowly miss being killed on multiple occasions and he will display surprising talents in fist fighting, tracking, shooting, swimming and escape artistry, to name only a few.

And that is the flaw in this novel. Ray is just not a believable guy. He starts out as a a wonky researcher and ends up as James Bond. That's not to say that Grave Imports isn't worth reading. It's actually a pretty good book, if you can tolerate the unrealistic plot features. And the price is right if you download it for your Kindle.

Zeueli

If you like lots of violence interspersed with a thin plot, this is the book for you! Too bad, because the premise is a good one."

Still In Mind

Stolen Cambodian art--statues, parts of temples, icons--illegally sent through Thailand, Vietnam and China to Hong Kong where it is sold, at the time, legally, brings Ray Sharp to his second adventure. The exotic Far East background provides the reader with real glimpses into the people and locales.

Sharp leaves his journalistic career as a result of an unfortunate incident, which leaves him in a depressed state. A good friend, a former CIA spook, now trying to build a corporate investigation firm, hires Ray. He is assigned a routine look into a Chinese art supplies company in which an American client is considering investing. Instead of mundane art supplies, he finds secret stashes of antiquities. The trail leads to an ex-South Vietnamese General now living in Thailand and to the Khmer Rouge, the ancient temples, and the killing fields of Cambodia.

The author's knowledge of the Far East seems to be quite genuine, and the descriptions of the streets and people of Hong Kong, Bangkok and other locations compelling. The story is believable and the characters real. Insights into the cultures of the area, as well as the horrible plunder of artifacts, are lessons well-told.

Perdana

In the first book in this series, Ray Sharp was a journalist who got in over his head with various prostitution rings in Hong Kong and Asia in general. At the end of the book he'd quit working for his newspaper, and gone to work as a researcher. His friend the CIA guy had set up a company which researches prospective investment targets for American and Western companies. If you're going to invest money in Asia, it's a good thing to know if the guy who runs the thing is likely to get in trouble with the local government for political protests or corruption. In any case, Ray is tasked with investigating things in Cambodia, and everything takes a very violent and wrong turn when it turns out that one of the people he's investigating is running a market in smuggled Cambodian idols. Ray's a bit fearless now (after the events in the first book) and the results are satisfying if not particularly believable. I enjoyed this book, and would recommend it.

Gashakar

Ray Sharp is working as an investigator for Due Diligence International, a job that requires a lot of the same skills Ray used to use as a journalist/editor for Asia's largest circulation business monthly. His latest assignment involves looking into the background of one firm because another firm wants to invest some big money. Seems like a fairly easy job.

What Sharp discovers is the huge trade in Asian antiquities. Some places it's legal to sell them, some places not. The borderline between those places is dangerous. Naturally, Sharp winds up there. He runs afoul of a former general, he winds up in a prison camp, and he gets shot at once or twice. None of the women he has more than nodding relationships with come out of this whole.

Stone writes about the dark underbelly of Asia. Readers of THE LIVING ROOM OF THE DEAD will be delighted that Stone's second book is at least as good as his first. Ray Sharp is one of those people who can't just walk away from something; this makes for a tough personal life but a great book. GRAVE IMPORTS is loosely based upon events that happened to Stone; his ability to transform fact into fiction is superb. GRAVE IMPORTS is not always pleasant to read in terms of content; Stone's writing is good enough to make this reader not want to put the book down, no matter what.

riki

Eric Stone has crafted another gem of a novel. The exotic Asian settings are extremely well-drawn, although often not very enticing to this reader. The interesting characters have distinctive voices, and their well-expressed dialogue drives the plot through an escalating series of conflicts to the understandable climax.

Ray Sharp, the series' protagonist, is a fascinatingly complex semi-hero. His impulsive behavior couple with bursts of introspection to mark him as a flawed but recognizable modern man.

I'm eager to read book 3 in the series to witness the next step in Ray Sharp's maturation.