Xiaolong Qiu Livres

Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is in an unusual situation—a poet by training and inclination, he was assigned by the party to the Police Department after he graduated college, where he has continued to shine. Now he’s a rising cadre in the party, in line to take over the top politic position in the police department, while being one of most respected policeman in the department. Which is why he’s brought in by the Party to sign off on the investigation into the death of Zhou Keng. Zhou Keng—a trusted princeling, son of a major party member—was head of the Shanghai Housing Development Committee when a number of his corrupt practices were exposed on the internet. Removed from his position and placed into extra-legal detention, Zhou apparently hanged himself while under guard. While the Party is anxious to have Zhou’s death declared a suicide, and for the renowned Chief Inspector Chen to sign off on that conclusion, the sequence of events don’t quite add up. Now Chen will have to decide what to do—investigate the death as a possible homicide and risk angering unseen powerful people, or seek the justice that his position requires him to strive for.

Impossible d'étouffer l'affaire : la deuxième victime a été trouvée ce matin, en plein centre-ville. Même mise en scène que pour la première : robe de soie rouge, pieds nus, jupe relevée, pas de sous-vêtement. Le tueur signe son oeuvre avec audace et la presse s'en régale. C'est ce qui inquiète l'inspecteur Chen : pour s'exposer si dangereusement, le coupable doit avoir un plan diabolique...

“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.

Passe-droits. Combines. Faveurs « spéciales ». Voilà les mots clé du nouveau fléau de la Chine post-communiste: la corruption. Et lorsque celle-ci touche les nouveaux « mandarins », il est quasi impossible de s'y opposer. Les autorités se contentent « d'écraser les moustiques, sans se soucier des tigres », car l'intérêt supérieur du Parti prime. ?Mais le camarade inspecteur Chen ne l'entend pas ainsi quand il prend en main l'enquête sur le meurtre, dans une maison close de Shanghai, d'un policier chargé d'enquêter sur l'entourage de Xing Xing. Ce magnat de la finance et cadre du Parti, suspecté de corruption, s'est enfui aux États-Unis. Chen n'hésite pas à remonter les filières des affairistes rouges jusqu'au pays de l'Oncle Sam...

Set against the backdrop of modern China, this collection of linked short stories chronicles fifty years of transformation through the lens of Red Dust Lane in Shanghai. It captures the evolution from the optimism following the Communist revolution in 1949, through the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution, to the pro-democracy movements and Tiananmen Square riots. Each story reflects the broader historical shifts while revealing the personal experiences of those living in this small yet significant street, making history both epic and intimate.

Removed from his position as chief Inspector, Chen Cao has been installed as director of the Shanghai Judicial System Reform Office but immediately placed on involuntary 'convalescence leave.' Despite being on leave, the murder of an acquaintance leads Chen to get involved in an investigation that shares a striking similarity to a Judge Dee novel.

Former chief inspector Chen faces a tricky serial murderer case at the height of the Covid pandemic - and risks everything he has to expose the deadly effects of the Chinese Communist Party's so-called zero Covid policy to the world. Over two million copies of the Inspector Chen series sold worldwide. The Covid crisis is at its height in China. Ex-chief inspector Chen Cao is horrified by the way the Chinese Communist Party are using the pandemic as an excuse to put the Chinese people under blanket surveillance and by the soaring number of deaths caused not by Covid, but by the CCP's inhuman 'zero Covid' policy. Chen is debating whether to translate the 'Wuhan File' - a diary of life during the Wuhan disaster smuggled to him by a close friend - and expose the CCP's secrets to the world when to his surprise he is summoned by a high-level party cadre to help investigate a series of murders near a local Shanghai hospital. Under pressure from the Party to reach a quick conclusion and help maintain political stability, Chen investigates, aware that he too has been placed under omnipresent, omnipotent surveillance. And as he works, determined to uncover the truth, no matter what, he risks everything by deciding to translate the Wuhan Files. For one thing is true in China: you must be absolutely loyal to the Party. Otherwise, you are considered absolutely disloyal, and the consequences are dark indeed . . .

Prizewinning debut showcasing a remarkable new talent in crime writing.

Set in the Tang dynasty, the story revolves around Judge Dee Renjie, tasked by the ambitious Empress Wu to investigate the disappearance of poet Luo Binwang, who vanished after a failed rebellion. As Judge Dee and his loyal manservant Yang delve into the case, they encounter ominous signs and begin to question the empress's true intentions. This mystery blends historical intrigue with poetry, featuring an appendix of translated works from Tang dynasty poets, appealing to fans of Judge Dee's legendary tales and rich Chinese culture.