Red Mandarin Dress - Qiu, Xiaolong
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An early morning jogger found her. Clad in nothing but a red mandarin dress, she had been dumped on a traffic island. The death of a 'dancing girl' was unpleasant but only unusual in that she had been left so openly in the centre of town. She had probably angered one of the 'Mr Big Bucks' who were taking over and transforming Shanghai.
Inspector Chen is an intuitive investigator, a talented poet and an honourable man on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Desperate to find a way out of the perilous police career that had been chosen for him, he is on leave. Then another girl is found dead.…mehr

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An early morning jogger found her. Clad in nothing but a red mandarin dress, she had been dumped on a traffic island. The death of a 'dancing girl' was unpleasant but only unusual in that she had been left so openly in the centre of town. She had probably angered one of the 'Mr Big Bucks' who were taking over and transforming Shanghai.

Inspector Chen is an intuitive investigator, a talented poet and an honourable man on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Desperate to find a way out of the perilous police career that had been chosen for him, he is on leave. Then another girl is found dead. With a serial killer on the loose, Chen is pulled back to work and into his most dangerous assignment yet. Never before published fifth novel in the stunning literary crime series that has received international critical acclaim.
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Qiu Xiaolong (pronounced 'Joe Shau-long') was born in Shanghai. The Cultural Revolution began in his last year of elementary school, and out of school, out of job, he studied English by himself in a local park. In 1977, he began his studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai, and then the Chinese Academy of Social Science in Beijing. After graduation, he worked at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences as an associate research professor, published poems, translations and criticism, and became a member of the Chinese Writers' Association. In 1988, he came to Washington University in St. Louis, U.S. as a Ford foundation fellow to do a project on Eliot, but after the Tiananmen tragedy of 1989, he decided to stay on. He then obtained a Ph.D. in comparative literature at Washington University and taught there. Having won several awards for his poetry in English, he moved on to write a novel about contemporary Chinese society in transition, which developed into the critically acclaimed, award-winning Inspector Chen series. The series has been translated into sixteen languages. In addition, Qiu Xiaolong has published a poetry collection, several poetry translations, and a collection of linked stories (also serialized in Le Monde). He lives in St. Louis with his wife and daughter.