Hold Your Breath, China

Hold Your Breath, China
Title Hold Your Breath, China PDF eBook
Author Qiu Xiaolong
Publisher Severn House Publishers Ltd
Pages 190
Release 2020-04-01
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1448304164

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"Fascinating... Xiaolong writes with both urgency and grace about modern China is another well-crafted mystery" - Booklist Starred Review Inspector Chen is on the case of a serial murderer when he is called away to report on environmentalists trying to tackle the pollution issues in China. Chief Inspector Chen and Detective Yu Guangming are brought into a serial murder case when the Homicide squad proves incapable of solving it. But before Chen can make a start, he is called away by a high-ranking Party member for a special assignment: to infiltrate a group of environmental activists meeting to discuss the pollution levels in the country and how to prompt the government into action. Chen knows it will be a far from simple task, especially when he discovers the leader of the group is a woman from his past. Meanwhile, Yu is left to investigate a serial murder case on his own. Both Chen and Yu face pressure from those above to resolve the cases in a satisfactory way . . . even if that means innocents face the punishment.

Enigma of China

Enigma of China
Title Enigma of China PDF eBook
Author Qiu Xiaolong
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 289
Release 2013-06-18
Genre Fiction
ISBN 125002580X

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The eighth novel in Qiu Xiaolong's acclaimed Chinese crime series sees Inspector Chen confronted by a terrible choice between Party politics or his principles - with his career at stake

Becoming Inspector Chen

Becoming Inspector Chen
Title Becoming Inspector Chen PDF eBook
Author Qiu Xiaolong
Publisher Severn House Publishers Ltd
Pages 217
Release 2021-02-01
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1448304911

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Inspector Chen is excluded from a poetry case as he awaits possible disciplinary action, leaving him to reflect on his career . . . but does his past hold a clue to the poetry case? After a number of grueling cases Chief Inspector Chen is facing mounting pressure from his superiors, many of whom are concerned with where his loyalties lie. What's more, he is excluded from an investigation into an incendiary poem posted on an online forum. Wracked with self-doubt and facing an anxious wait to discover the fate of his career, Chen is left to reflect on the events that have led to where he is now - from his amateur investigations as a child during the Cultural Revolution, to his very first case on the Shanghai Police Force. Has fighting for the Chinese people and the morals he believes in put him in conflict with the Party? Why is he being kept away from the new case? As well as his career, is his life now also at risk?

Don't Cry, Tai Lake

Don't Cry, Tai Lake
Title Don't Cry, Tai Lake PDF eBook
Author Qiu Xiaolong
Publisher Minotaur Books
Pages 273
Release 2012-05-08
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1429973544

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"Dark, gorgeous...feels authentically Chinese and it works like a charm." --Washington Post Book World on A Case of Two Cities Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is offered a bit of luxury by friends and supporters within the Party – a week's vacation at a luxurious resort near Lake Tai, a week where he can relax, and recover, undisturbed by outside demands or disruptions. Unfortunately, the once beautiful Lake Tai, renowned for its clear waters, is now covered by fetid algae, its waters polluted by toxic runoff from local manufacturing plants. Then the director of one of the manufacturing plants responsible for the pollution is murdered and the leader of the local ecological group is the primary suspect of the local police. Now Inspector Chen must tread carefully if he is to uncover the truth behind the brutal murder and find a measure of justice for both the victim and the accused.

Death of a Red Heroine

Death of a Red Heroine
Title Death of a Red Heroine PDF eBook
Author Qiu Xiaolong
Publisher Soho Press
Pages 445
Release 2003-07-01
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1569472424

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Qiu Xiaolong's Anthony Award-winning debut introduces Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police. A young “national model worker,” renowned for her adherence to the principles of the Communist Party, turns up dead in a Shanghai canal. As Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Special Cases Bureau struggles to trace the hidden threads of her past, he finds himself challenging the very political forces that have guided his life since birth. Chen must tiptoe around his superiors if he wants to get to the bottom of this crime, and risk his career—perhaps even his life—to see justice done.

Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder

Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder
Title Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder PDF eBook
Author Qiu Xiaolong
Publisher Severn House Publishers Ltd
Pages 212
Release 2021-09-01
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1448305543

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Chen Cao has been removed from his chief inspector role, but that doesn’t stop him investigating a ‘private kitchen’ murder that has similarities to a Judge Dee story. No longer a chief inspector, Chen Cao finds himself as director of the Shanghai Judicial System Reform Office. To outsiders it’s a promotion, but Chen knows he’s being removed from the spotlight as he’s immediately placed on involuntary ‘convalescence leave’ to stop him interfering with any cases. However, with various high-profile crimes making headlines and fears escalating over vigilante reprisals, Chen’s superiors know he must at least appear active. One case revolves around Min Lihau, a mingyuan, who runs a ‘private kitchen’ for powerful figures in Shanghai. Min’s accused of murdering her assistant, yet Chen is struck by its similarities to a historic case involving the famous Judge Dee. When an acquaintance of his is murdered in connection with Min, Chen knows he can’t stand idly by . . . but he must act in secret, under the cover of writing a Judge Dee novel.

The Five Chinese Brothers

The Five Chinese Brothers
Title The Five Chinese Brothers PDF eBook
Author Claire Huchet Bishop
Publisher Turtleback Books
Pages 64
Release 1996-06-01
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 9780833529985

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Five brothers who look just alike outwit the executioner by using their extraordinary individual talents.