A Loyal Character Dancer: Inspector Chen 2
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Former dancer and party loyalist Wen Liping vanishes in rural China just before she was to leave the country. Her husband, a key witness against a smuggling ring suspected of importing aliens to the US, refuses to testify until she is found and brought to join him in America.
A few days later, a badly mutilated body turns up in Shanghai's Bund Park. It bears all the hallmarks of a triad killing.
The US immigration agency, convinced that the Chinese government are hiding something, send US Marshal Catherine Rohn to Shanghai to join the investigation.
Inspector Chen, an astute young policeman with twin passions for food and poetry, is under political pressure to find answers fast. When Catherine Rohn joins him he must decide what is more dangerous: to hide the truth, or to risk unleashing a scandal that could destroy his career.
Praise for A Loyal Character Dancer
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This is a fascinating and thought-provoking read, rich in descriptions of delicious meals, beautiful gardens and impossibly cramped housing. Not to be missed. - GuardianQui's second mystery is a treat - St. Louis Post-DispatchA Knockout. - Poisoned Pen BooknewsA luminescent synthesis of a thriller and a literary novel. - IndependentAnother wonderful novel featuring Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police Bureau. - Maureen Corrigan, Washington PostA sequel that in many ways is even more impressive...we begin to realise that Chen is ideally suited not only to police work but also to the fine art of political survival. [Qui] has moved from the poetic, exotic milieu of his first book (although plenty of both elements remain) into a tougher, wider, probably more commercial and modern vision of China as seen by America. - Chicago TribuneThe miracle is that, while he provides good suspense, Qui Xiaolong has transcended his genre [while] fulfilling all genre expectations by solving and linking two triad-related crime cases. - PersimmonA sequel that in many ways is even more impressive - Chicago Tribune
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