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An Inspector Chen Novel

A Case of Two Cities

A Case of Two Cities


by Qiu Xiaolong

  • MYSTERY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

In the fourth installment of the Inspector Chen series, Chen investigates the murder of the head Fujian special case squad. The trail leads him to the U.S., where he pursues a wealthy capitalist immigrant. (CHN396, $14.99)

Death of a Red Heroine

Death of a Red Heroine


by Qui Xiaolong

  • MYSTERY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

Marvelously evocative of Shanghai and tremendously informative about China's transition towards a market economy in the 1990s, Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police must find the murderer of a National Model Worker in this award-winning debut. The series continues with A Loyal Character Dancer (CHN412), (CHN374, $14.95)

A Loyal Character Dancer

A Loyal Character Dancer


by Qiu Xiaolong

  • MYSTERY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 351 PAGES

An important witness has disappeared and Inspector Chen must tread warily as he strives to be a good cop, a good man and also a loyal Party member. The series continues with When Red Is Black (CHN411), A Case of Two Cities (CHN396), Red Mandarin Dress (CHN458) and The Mao Case (CHN539). (CHN412, $14.00)

The Mao Case

The Mao Case


by Qiu Xiaolong

  • MYSTERY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

Evocatively set in the elegant 1930s Shanghai mansion of a woman who may once have been Mao's mistress, this sixth deft book in the Inspector Chen series (subtitled Sex, Lies and the Forbidden City) finds the always discreet Chief Inspector Chen Cao probing the secrets of Mao-era China. (CHN539, $14.99)

Red Mandarin Dress

Red Mandarin Dress


by Qiu Xiaolong

  • MYSTERY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 310 PAGES

The turbulence and corruption of 1990s Shanghai provides the evocative backdrop to this fifth terrific Inspector Chen novel, in which the unflappable detective is on the trail of a serial killer who leaves bodies in public places, dressed in red. (CHN458, $13.95)

When Red is Black

When Red is Black


by Qiu Xiaolong

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Chen's vacation is interrupted by dirty dealing and murder in this third installment of Qui's popular series, which is steeped in the atmosphere and culture of modern Shanghai. (CHN411, $15.00)

 

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