Christopher Huang books

Christopher Huang is a Singaporean-Canadian mystery author known for Golden Age-style detective fiction including the Eric Peterkin series and the standalone novel Unnatural Ends.

Eric Peterkin Reading Order

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A Gentleman’s Murder 2018 Buy
A Pretender’s Murder 2024 Buy

Standalone Novels

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Unnatural Ends 2022 Buy

Christopher Huang was born in Singapore and moved to Canada at seventeen. He studied architecture at McGill University in Montreal before eventually settling in Calgary, Alberta. His fiction draws heavily on the Golden Age of detective fiction, with carefully plotted mysteries that reward close attention to clues and misdirection.

His debut novel, A Gentleman’s Murder (2018), was named a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year and introduced Eric Peterkin, a half-Chinese World War I veteran navigating the gentlemen’s clubs of 1920s London. Unnatural Ends (2022), a standalone mystery about three adopted siblings investigating their father’s murder, further established Huang as a skilled plotter in the classical mystery tradition. A Pretender’s Murder (2024) continued the Eric Peterkin series.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Christopher Huang written?

Christopher Huang has written three books across two series.

What was Christopher Huang's first book?

Christopher Huang’s first book is A Gentleman’s Murder, published in 2018.

What style of mystery does Christopher Huang write?

Christopher Huang writes in the tradition of Golden Age detective fiction, with puzzle-style mysteries set in the early twentieth century. His Eric Peterkin series is set in 1920s London, while Unnatural Ends draws on a classic locked-room murder setup.

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