Death of a Red Heroine
(Inspector Chen Cao #1)
by Qiu Xiaolong
Originally written in English
464 pages
6/1/2000, by Soho
Historical mystery
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As you know, I have been reading a good amount of Japanese mysteries and literature in general, but very few Chinese authors. But this may change, thanks to my public library.
Every winter, they organize a reading challenge: you give them the list of the last four books you read, you tell them what you like and don’t like reading, and the staff picks a book for you to read.
And they chose Death of a Red Heroine for me. A Chinese historical mystery, a very clever choice!
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