When Red is Black

Resumen del libro

When Inspector Chen Cao agrees to do a translation job for a Triad-connected businessman he is given a laptop, a little secretary to provide for his every need, medical care for his mother. There are, it seems, no strings attached . . .

Then a murder is reported: Chen is loath to shorten his working holiday, so Sergeant Yu is forced to take charge of the investigation. The victim, a middle-aged teacher, has been found dead in her tiny room in a converted multi-family house. Only a neighbour could have committed the crime, but there is no motive.

It is only when Chen returns and starts to investigate the past that he finds answers. But by then he has troubles of his own.

Biografía del autor

Qiu Xiaolong (Shanghai, 1953) se dio a conocer mundialmente con la serie de novelas policiacas protagonizadas por el inspector jefe Chen Cao, en las que traslada a los lectores a la realidad social y cultural de la China moderna en una época de difícil transición. Tusquets Editores ha publicado: Muerte de una heroína roja, Visado para Shanghai, Seda roja, El caso Mao, El crimen del lago y El enigma de China.