Read Series: Inspector Chen Cao
by Author Qiu Xiaolong
Red Mandarin Dress (2007)
Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is often put in charge of politically sensitive cases. Having recently ruffled more than a few official feathers, when he is asked to look into a sensitive corruption case he takes immediate action—he goes on leave from work. But while o...
A Case of Two Cities (2006)
A Case of Two Cities has all the steamy stuff of a thriller: a tip-off about a scandal in the back rooms of a karaoke centre, a dead high-level detective in a compromising situation, and a strange cover-up coming from top-level Internal Security. Throw in the fact that this is 1990s China, and yo...
Death of a Red Heroine (2003)
If you want to read a novel written originally in English about China and Chinese culture, you can't do better than start with this book. Qiu Xiaolong (in Chinese, the family name comes at the beginning) is not only China born and bred but, as a poet and translator of ancient Chinese Tang poetry ...
A Loyal Character Dancer (2003)
Crime novels are as good as their Detectives. We delight in the Detectives’ failings which serve, not to hide, but to shine light on the brilliance of their often idiosyncratic investigations. We admire their often solitary social existence, as they work under-appreciated and most often, against...
When Red Is Black (2005)
First Sentence: Detective Yu Guangming of the Shanghai Police Bureau stood alone, still reeling of the blow.Inspector Chen Cao is taking time off from his role with the police. He has been asked to translate a business proposal for a triad-related businessman. The proposal is for the construct...