A Loyal Character Dancer: Inspector Chen 2 - Softcover

Xiaolong, Qiu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340897546 ISBN 13: 9780340897546

Publisher: Sceptre, 2006

Synopsis

Former dancer and party loyalist Wen Liping vanishes in rural China just before she was to leave the country. Her husband, a key witness against a smuggling ring suspected of importing aliens to the US, refuses to testify until she is found and brought to join him in America. A few days later, a badly mutilated body turns up in Shanghai's Bund Park. It bears all the hallmarks of a triad killing. The US immigration agency, convinced that the Chinese government are hiding something, send US Marshal Catherine Rohn to Shanghai to join the investigation.

Inspector Chen, an astute young policeman with twin passions for food and poetry, is under political pressure to find answers fast. When Catherine Rohn joins him he must decide what is more dangerous: to hide the truth, or to risk unleashing a scandal that could destroy his career.

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About the Author

Qiu Xiaolong was born in Shanghai but he has lived in the United States since 1989 and has an M.A. and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature awarded by Washington University. His work has been published in many literary magazines in America and in several anthologies. He has been the recipient of the Missouri Biennial Award, the Prairie Schooner Readers` Choice Award, a Yaddo and a Ford Foundation Fellowship. He lives in St. Louis with his wife and daughter.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sceptre
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340897546
• ISBN 13: 9780340897546
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368