It is a "personal favourite" of fellow crime fiction author Michael J. McCann, Less impressed is Donna Lypchuk, who condemned "The Hua Shan Hospital Murders" in her review for its attitude towards and depiction of "East Asian women" and Chinese people in general, asserting that it read "like a speedily written treatment for a movie" and that it was "riddled with stereotypes and clichés that make fun of Chinese people's mannerisms and the way they speak."