Death of Red Heroine

Murder

Author: Qiu Xiaolong

It is Shanghai in 1990 – an ancient city in a country that despite the massacre of Tiananmen Square is still in the tight grip of communist control. Chief Inspector Chen, a poet with a sound instinct for self-preservation, knows the city like few others. When the body of a prominent Communist Party member is found, Chen is told to keep the party authorities informed about….Read More

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