{"title":"Qiu Xiaolong","description":"QIU XIAOLONG is a poet, professor and author of five previous novels featuring Inspector Chen. Born and raised in Shanghai, where he was a renowned poet and translator, Qiu lives with his family in St. Louis, MO.","products":[{"product_id":"the-mao-case-paperback","title":"The Mao Case - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is often assigned cases considered politically \"sensitive,\" and now the Minister of Public Security insists that Chen personally take on a 'special assignment.' Leery of international embarrassment, the party is concerned about rumors related to Chairman Mao. Jiao, the granddaughter of an actress who had a 'special relationship' to Mao has moved into a luxury apartment and become involved with a new social set centered around the remnants of pre-Communist Shanghai society. All without any visible means of support. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorried that Jiao has inherited some sort of artifact that could prove damaging to Mao's reputation, Chen has been given a few short days to infiltrate her social circle, determine if the feared material exists and, if it does, retrieve it quietly. And if he fails to solve this 'Mao case, ' the consequences will be unpleasant for all concerned.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369616343263,"sku":"9780312601232","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/F4bsznn4iz9780312601232.webp?v=1789143486"},{"product_id":"enigma-of-china-paperback","title":"Enigma of China - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe latest in Qiu Xiaolong's critically-acclaimed series about crime in modern China, featuring Shanghai Police Chief Inspector Cao\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is in an unusual situation--a poet by training and inclination, he was assigned by the party to the Police Department after he graduated college, where he has continued to shine. Now he's a rising cadre in the party, in line to take over the top politic position in the police department, while being one of most respected policeman in the department. Which is why he's brought in by the Party to sign off on the investigation into the death of Zhou Keng. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eZhou Keng--a trusted princeling, son of a major party member--was head of the Shanghai Housing Development Committee when a number of his corrupt practices were exposed on the internet. Removed from his position and placed into extra-legal detention, Zhou apparently hanged himself while under guard. While the Party is anxious to have Zhou's death declared a suicide, and for the renowned Chief Inspector Chen to sign off on that conclusion, the sequence of events don't quite add up. Now Chen will have to decide what to do - investigate the death as a possible homicide and risk angering unseen powerful people, or seek the justice that his position requires him to strive for. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQiu Xiaolong's \u003ci\u003eEnigma of China \u003c\/i\u003eis one of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Mystery\/Thriller Books of 2013","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370247717087,"sku":"9781250048578","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/dHhTiWuuUj9781250048578.webp?v=1789153732"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/qiu-xiaolong.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}