Qiu Xiaolong: 23 books

Book cover of Death of a Red Heroine
by Qiu Xiaolong
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003

Qiu Xiaolong's Anthony Award-winning debut introduces Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police. A young “national model worker,” renowned for her adherence to the principles of the Communist Party, turns up dead in a Shanghai canal. As Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Special Cases Bureau...
Book cover of Il poliziotto di Shanghai
by Qiu Xiaolong
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 8, 2017

La decima inchiesta dell'ispettore capo Chen. Come nasce la leggenda dell’ispettore Chen? Com’è possibile che «un poliziotto soltanto di nome in mezzo a tutti gli altri poliziotti veri» diventi il tutore della legge più affascinante (e temuto) di Shanghai? Chen Cao, proprio come molti suoi...
Book cover of Enigma of China

Enigma of China

An Inspector Chen Novel

by Qiu Xiaolong
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013

Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is in an unusual situation-a poet by training and inclination, he was assigned by the party to the Police Department after he graduated college, where he has continued to shine. Now he's a rising cadre in the party, in line to take over the...
Book cover of Years of Red Dust

Years of Red Dust

Stories of Shanghai

by Qiu Xiaolong
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010

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...
Book cover of Il vicolo della Polvere Rossa
by Qiu Xiaolong
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 26, 2013

Shanghai, la città del Vicolo della Polvere Rossa. Qui gli abitanti del quartiere hanno la consuetudine di riunirsi per una conversazione serale, creando storie a partire da qualunque spunto, «come se fosse un modo di vedere il mondo in un granello di sabbia». Dal 1949, quando il Partito Comunista...
Book cover of La misteriosa morte della compagna Guan
by Qiu Xiaolong
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 5, 2011

La prima inchiesta dell'ispettore Chen. Shanghai: il corpo senza vita di una giovane donna viene ritrovato in un canale fuori città. La vittima, Guan Hongying, è una famosa Lavoratrice Modello della Nazione, figura esemplare della propaganda di Partito. Ma cosa nascondeva veramente la sua vita?...
Book cover of Di seta e di sangue
by Qiu Xiaolong
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 5, 2011

La quinta inchiesta dell'ispettore Chen. Una donna in "qipao" rosso. Qualcuno l'ha uccisa per poi vestirla con un'antica veste, simbolo dell'eleganza borghese degli anni Trenta. Un abito che la Rivoluzione culturale aveva bandito e che nella Shanghai del Duemila è tornato di gran moda....
Book cover of Quando il rosso è nero
by Qiu Xiaolong
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 26, 2011

La terza inchiesta dell'ispettore Chen. Temporaneamente in congedo per avere accettato l'offerta di un ricchissimo imprenditore legato alle triadi, Chen affida al collega Yu le indagini di un nuovo delitto «politico»: Yin Lige, scrittrice dissidente vittima della rivoluzione maoista, è stata soffocata...
Book cover of Il Principe Rosso
by Qiu Xiaolong
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 25, 2016

La nona inchiesta dell'ispettore capo Chen. Per anni, Chen Cao ha cercato di mantenersi in equilibrio tra gli interessi del Partito e il suo ruolo di poliziotto alla guida di indagini politicamente sensibili. Sulle tracce di un misterioso Principe Rosso - un potente ed enigmatico membro del Partito...
Book cover of Le lacrime del lago Tai
by Qiu Xiaolong
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 9, 2013

La settima inchiesta dell'ispettore Chen. L'ispettore capo Chen Cao è finalmente in vacanza, ospitato in una residenza di lusso sulle rive dell'idilliaco Lago Tai. Il cellulare spento, per una settimana vuole solo godersi la natura, passeggiare e dedicarsi al buon cibo. Ma l'incanto che avvolge il...
Book cover of The Mao Case

The Mao Case

An Inspector Chen Novel

by Qiu Xiaolong
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009

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...
Book cover of A Case of Two Cities

A Case of Two Cities

An Inspector Chen Novel

by Qiu Xiaolong
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2007

Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Bureau is summoned by an official of the party to take the lead in a corruption investigation - one where the principle figure and his family have long since fled to the United States and beyond the reach of the Chinese government. But he left behind the organization...
Book cover of Don't Cry, Tai Lake

Don't Cry, Tai Lake

An Inspector Chen Novel

by Qiu Xiaolong
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012

**"Dark, gorgeous…feels authentically Chinese and it works like a charm." --Washington Post Book World on A Case of Two Cities Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is offered a bit of luxury by friends and supporters within the Party – a week's vacation at...
Book cover of When Red Is Black
by Qiu Xiaolong
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005

When the murder of a woman is reported to the Shanghai police while Inspector Chen is on vacation, Sergeant Yu is forced to take charge of the investigation. The victim, Yin Lige, a novelist known for her banned book, has been found dead in her tiny, humble room off the stairwell of a converted multi-family...
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