Name: Shreerag Plakazhi's review of Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong
Item: Death of a Red Heroine
Rating: 4
Author: Shreerag Plakazhi

Qiu Xiaolong

Now a BBC Radio 4 Drama Series. 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 every lead. Also, he must keep the young woman's murder out of the papers at all costs. When his investigation leads him to the decadent offspring of high-ranking officials, he finds himself instantly removed from the case and reassigned to another area. Chen has a choice: bend to the party's wishes and sacrifice his morals, or continue his investigation and risk dismissal from his job and from the party. Or worse . . .

Inspector Chen 1

Death of a Red Heroine

Angela Vang

Shreerag Plakazhi

Jay Carter

I read A Case of Two Cities before this one. Like eating a couple of pot stickers before eating Peking Duck. DOARH deserves to be placed on a must-list for anyone wanting to learn about Chinese politics and culture. It's a darn good detective novel, too.

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Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong

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