A serial killer is stalking the young women of Shanghai. The killers calling card is to leave the victims bodies in well trafficked locations, each of them redressed in a red mandarin dress. Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department, is in charge of politically sensitive cases and this time will be dragged into a messy corruption case with political overtones.

Published originally in the pages of "Le Monde, "this collection of linked short stories by Qiu Xiaolong has already been a major bestseller in France "(Cite de la Poussiere Rouge) "and Germany "(Das Tor zur Roten Gasse), "where it and the author was the subject of a major television documentary. The stories in "Years of Red Dust "trace the changes in modern China over fifty years--from the early...

Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is the head of the Special Case group and is often put in charge of politically "sensitive" cases. Inspector Chen takes his job as a policeman very seriously, and is unwilling to compromise his principles in favor of political expedience.

The sixth literary crime novel in the acclaimed Inspector Chen series: Chen investigates two cases connected to Mao's women.

The Tang and Song Dynasties of China are often referred to as the high points of culture in the history of Chinese civilization. The hundred poems featured in this book- carefully selected by translator and literature scholar, Qiu Xiaolong-represent the most famous and poignant of these poems. The Tang Dynasty poets were known for their distinctive personal styles and their rich and textured...

Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is the head of the Special Case group and is often put in charge of politically "sensitive" cases. Inspector Chen takes his job as a policeman very seriously, and is unwilling to compromise his principles in favor of political expedience.

A serial killer is stalking the young women of Shanghai. The killer's calling card is to leave the victims' bodies in well trafficked locations, each of them redressed in a red mandarin dress. With the newspapers screaming about Shanghai's first serial killer, Party officials anxious for a quick resolution, and the police under pressure from all sides, something has to give. Chief Inspector Chen...

Never before published fifth novel in the stunning literary crime series that has received international critical acclaim.

'As modern China's profile rises, so too does the stock of literature from and about it. But Shanghai-born Qiu Xiaolong's Inspector Chen detective series is one of the freshest and most unpredictable of the lot' Newsweek

At once a compelling crime novel and a moving portrayal of contemporary China, "A Case of Two Cities" is the finest novel in the award-winning Inspector Chen series.

The third in the acclaimed Inspector Chen series set in 1990s Shanghai - 'Sublime ... complex and riveting' Washington Post