The Mao Case
by:
Qiu Xiaolong (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780340979167 (034097916X)
Publish date: 2009
Publisher: Sceptre
Pages no: 289
Edition language: English
Series: Inspector Chen Cao (#6)
I read this book because once again I needed an "X" author for a challenge. I have firmly determined that "X" will just have to be one of those letters I can't fulfill.Amateur poet Chief Inspector Chen Cao is investigating a seemingly made up case about Chairman Mao. Apparently Mao had an affair wi...
The weakest of all Inspector Chen books so far. This is the newest one. Centered around Mao and the huge shadow the old president still cast upon China, Chen is given a sensitive case to find out what the grand daughter of an ex-mistress of Mao might have on the dead president. The plot is thin, the...