num_pages: 480
description: It is Shanghai in 1990 - an ancient city in a country that despite the massacre of Tiananmen Square is still in the tight grip of communist control. Chief Inspector Chen, a poet with a sound instinct for self-preservation, knows the city like few others. When the body of a prominent Communist Party member is found, Chen is told to keep the party authorities informed about every lead. Also, he must keep the young woman's murder out of the papers at all costs. When his investigation leads him to the decadent offspring of high-ranking officials, he finds himself instantly removed from the case and reassigned to another area. Chen has a choice: bend to the party's wishes and sacrifice his morals, or continue his investigation and risk dismissal from his job and from the party. Or worse...
language: English
title: Death of Red Heroine
titlecomplete: Death of Red Heroine
characters: Yu Guangming, Chen Cao
genres: China, Asian Literature, Mystery, Asia, Novels, Detective, Thriller, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 5613
places: Shanghai
series: Inspector Chen Cao
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Barry Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Hodder and Stoughton