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MYSTERIES
An Inspector Chen Novel
A Case of Two Cities
• 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) |
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Death of a Red Heroine
• Xiaolong Qui
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), When Red Is Black (CHN411), A Case of Two Cities (CHN396), Red Mandarin Dress (CHN458) and The Mao Case (CHN539), each a portrait of modern China, offering up a tasty plot of murder, politics, food and poetry.
(CHN374, $14.95) |
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A Loyal Character Dancer
• Qiu Xiaolong
MYSTERY •
2003 •
PAPER
• 351 PAGES
Another compelling, subversive Detective Chen mystery, steeped in the geography and atmosphere of Shanghai. Assigned to help the wife of an important witness to reach the United States safely, U.S. marshal Catharine Rohn learns that the woman has vanished, while inspector Chen reluctantly assumes the task of saving face. The second in the series.
(CHN412, $14.00) |
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The Mao Case
• 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) |
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Red Mandarin Dress
• Qiu Xiaolong
MYSTERY •
2009 •
PAPER
• 310 PAGES
Qiu's fifth Inspector Chen mystery pits the unflappable detective against a serial killer who clothes his victims in red mandarin dresses and leaves the bodies in public places. As always, the turbulence and corruption of 1990s Shanghai provides an evocative backdrop.
(CHN458, $13.95) |
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When Red is Black
• Qiu Xiaolong
MYSTERY •
2005 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
The third installment in the Inspector Chen series, this is the best-known of Qiu's compelling, subversive tales, steeped in the atmosphere and culture Shanghai.
(CHN411, $15.00) |
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