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A Loyal Character Dancer

2003-09-01 Fiction
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Release : 2003-09-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 949/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Loyal Character Dancer by : Qiu Xiaolong

Download or read book A Loyal Character Dancer written by Qiu Xiaolong. This book was released on 2003-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in the Inspector Chen investigations Inspector Chen’s mentor in the Shanghai Police Bureau has assigned him to escort US Marshal Catherine Rohn. Her mission is to bring Wen, the wife of a witness in an important criminal trial, to the United States. Inspector Rohn is already en route when Chen learns that Wen has unaccountably vanished from her village in Fujian. Or is this just what he is supposed to believe? Chen resents his role; he would rather investigate the triad killing in Shanghai’s beautiful Bund Park. Li insists that saving face with Inspector Rohn takes priority. So Chen Cao, the ambitious son of a father who imbued him with Confucian precepts, must tread warily as he tries once again to be a good cop, a good man and also a loyal Party member.

A Loyal Character Dancer

2003-09-01 Fiction
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Release : 2003-09-01
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 412/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Loyal Character Dancer by : Qiu Xiaolong

Download or read book A Loyal Character Dancer written by Qiu Xiaolong. This book was released on 2003-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in the Inspector Chen investigations Inspector Chen’s mentor in the Shanghai Police Bureau has assigned him to escort US Marshal Catherine Rohn. Her mission is to bring Wen, the wife of a witness in an important criminal trial, to the United States. Inspector Rohn is already en route when Chen learns that Wen has unaccountably vanished from her village in Fujian. Or is this just what he is supposed to believe? Chen resents his role; he would rather investigate the triad killing in Shanghai’s beautiful Bund Park. Li insists that saving face with Inspector Rohn takes priority. So Chen Cao, the ambitious son of a father who imbued him with Confucian precepts, must tread warily as he tries once again to be a good cop, a good man and also a loyal Party member.

Death of a Red Heroine

2003-07-01 Fiction
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Release : 2003-07-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 969/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Death of a Red Heroine written by Qiu Xiaolong. This book was released on 2003-07-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A TIME “100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time” Meet Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police in this “refreshingly brave exploration into political China, woven around a tense thriller” (Huffington Post). “A matchless pearl.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air 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.

Enigma of China

2013-06-18 Fiction
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Release : 2013-06-18
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 80X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Enigma of China written by Qiu Xiaolong. This book was released on 2013-06-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

When Red is Black

2011-12-08 Fiction
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Release : 2011-12-08
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 52X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book When Red is Black written by Qiu Xiaolong. This book was released on 2011-12-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a BBC Radio 4 Drama Series. When Inspector Chen Cao agrees to do a translation job for a Triad-connected businessman he is given a laptop, a 'little secretary' to provide for his every need, medical care for his mother. There are, it seems, no strings attached . . . Then a murder is reported: Chen is loath to shorten his working holiday, so Sergeant Yu is forced to take charge of the investigation. The victim, a middle-aged teacher, has been found dead in her tiny room in a converted multi-family house. Only a neighbour could have committed the crime, but there is no motive. It is only when Chen returns and starts to investigate the past that he finds answers. But by then he has troubles of his own.

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