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Naperville, IL, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press / Minotaur Books, 2010. 1st paperback printing, March 2010, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Light wear at foot of spine, reading crease and a few pages dog-eared, else a near fine copy. Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is the head of the Special Case group and is often put in charge of those cases that are considered politically "sensitive" since, as a rising party cadre, he's regarded by many as reliable. But Inspector Chen, though a poet by inclination and avocation, takes his job as a policeman very seriously, despite the pressures put upon him from within and without, and is unwilling to compromise his principles as a policeman in favor of political expedience. However, after the new Minister of Public Security insists that Chen personally take on a 'special assignment', an investigation already begun by Internal Security, he may no longer be able to resist those pressures. The… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Soho Press, Incorporated, 2001. 1st prtg. An EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE for Best First Mystery Novel. 464 pgs.. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Trade Paperback.

N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 2006. First Edition, November 2006, with complete number line beginning with 1. Boards lightly soiled else near fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. "Chinese expatriate Qiu's gripping fourth Inspector Chen novel (after 2004's When Red Is Black) captures an honest detective's struggle to be true to his professional ideals under a repressive regime. The Communist Party leadership appears to be vigorously investigating rampant corruption among the profligate power elite during China's economic reforms of the recent past. After the head of the Fujian special case squad is murdered in sordid circumstances, Chen Cao of the Shanghai police bureau discovers that the dead man had been probing a wealthy businessman, Xing Xing, who fled to the United States to escape prosecution. Chen himself is then given the highest authority to carry on the investigation, which takes him to the U.S., but he soon realizes he's not… Read More