Qiu Xiaolong
Anthony Award winning author Qiu Xiaolong was born in Shanghai and moved to Washington University in St Louis, US, to complete a PhD degree in comparative literature. After the Tiananmen tragedy in 1989 he stayed on in St Louis where he still lives with his wife. Qiu's sold over two million copies of his Inspector Chen mysteries worldwide and been published in twenty languages. On top of his fiction, he is a prize-winning writer of poetry. All the titles in the Inspector Chen series, including...See more
Anthony Award winning author Qiu Xiaolong was born in Shanghai and moved to Washington University in St Louis, US, to complete a PhD degree in comparative literature. After the Tiananmen tragedy in 1989 he stayed on in St Louis where he still lives with his wife. Qiu's sold over two million copies of his Inspector Chen mysteries worldwide and been published in twenty languages. On top of his fiction, he is a prize-winning writer of poetry. All the titles in the Inspector Chen series, including Hold Your Breath, China , have been dramatized in BBC Radio 4 productions. See less
Qiu Xiaolong's Featured Books
Qiu Xiaolong book reviews
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Death of a Red Heroine
I recommend this series
Inspector Chen, police inspector, poet, and Communist Party secretary, makes his way cautiously and shrewdly through Shanghai in the 1990s, where his cases force him to work between the realities of ... Read More
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The Mao Case
Fast paced
by Jean O, Jul 15, 2010
This book was one of the best in thii serious would highly recommend it Read More
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Death of a Red Heroine
Very enjoyable
I really enjoy mysteries set in different locations and this one is tops for its look at China of a certain period. The plot and characters are very good as well. Read More