Book 10: "A Loyal Character Dancer" by Qiu Xiaolong
Thursday, March 31st, 2011 21:40![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kittiwakeThe food poisoning incident made him think of Inspector Rohn. First the motorcycle, and then the accident on the staircase.
They might have been followed. While they were talking with Zhu upstairs, something could have been done to the steps. Under normal circumstances, Chief Inspector Chen would have treated such an idea like a tall tale from Liaozhai, but they were dealing with a triad.
Anything was possible.
A woman from a small village disappears while waiting for a passport to join her husband in the US. The woman's husband is refusing to testify in a trial of a people-smuggler unless his wife is allowed to join him, and an U.S. Marshall Catherine Rohn has been sent to Shanghai to escort the woman to her husband. Inspector Chen is put on the case and asked to look after the American because of his good English, and good-standing within the party, although she does speak some Chinese. Chen is well aware that this is a politically sensitive case, as it is imperative that the woman is found and handed over to the Americans quickly, so that China does not lose face, but he comes to suspect that some people would rather the woman was not found and handed over the the Americans
An interesting police procedural with plenty of politics, but this time there's added Triad action, flirting and Doctor Zhivago!
They might have been followed. While they were talking with Zhu upstairs, something could have been done to the steps. Under normal circumstances, Chief Inspector Chen would have treated such an idea like a tall tale from Liaozhai, but they were dealing with a triad.
Anything was possible.
A woman from a small village disappears while waiting for a passport to join her husband in the US. The woman's husband is refusing to testify in a trial of a people-smuggler unless his wife is allowed to join him, and an U.S. Marshall Catherine Rohn has been sent to Shanghai to escort the woman to her husband. Inspector Chen is put on the case and asked to look after the American because of his good English, and good-standing within the party, although she does speak some Chinese. Chen is well aware that this is a politically sensitive case, as it is imperative that the woman is found and handed over to the Americans quickly, so that China does not lose face, but he comes to suspect that some people would rather the woman was not found and handed over the the Americans
An interesting police procedural with plenty of politics, but this time there's added Triad action, flirting and Doctor Zhivago!
