num_pages: 389
description: Set in Shanghai during the 1920s, The Master of Rain is a spooky tale of murder and the experiences of Richard Field, an officer with the local police force. Field soon realises that in Shanghai everything has a price with human life coming cheap.
language: English
title: Master Of The Rain
titlecomplete: Master Of The Rain
genres: Fiction, Historical, Mystery, Thriller, British Literature, Detective, China, Historical Mystery, Historical Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 854
places: Shanghai
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Barry Award
category: Best British Crime Novel
publisher: Bantam Press