Inspector Chen Cao Red Mandarin Dress, Book 5, (Paperback)

from jkdavies

A pleasant, meandering tale of murders in Shanghai - with enough glimpses at true horrors (the Cultural Revolution) to keep me interested.

from kewing

Qiu's "Inspector Chen" series are masterful, multi-textured mysteries, combining good mysteries in the context of socio-economic upheavel in the 1990s and Chen's deep interest in classical Chinese poetry and his CCP affiliation. This novel mixes a serial murderer and a thuggish real estate scam w...

from sraelling

I liked Death of a Red Heroine better. Still learned something about Chinese culture - but "Death" was a better mystery. Not as many threads to tie together.

from Condorena

On a cold morning late in the year the body of a young woman has been found on the safety island in the middle of a busy Shanghai road. Worker Master Huang sees her first as he jogs in the early morning. His mind had been occupied by the changes around him, particularly the substitution of a Star...

from magentaflake

An Inspector Chen mystery based in Shanghai. His books give an i9nsight into a country, which is still communist but, in fact. has embraced capitalism. A country which is rife with corruption at all levels but Inspector Chen is one of the good guys. These murders relate back to the earlier days a...