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Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder

Qiu Xiaolong

出版	Severn House, 2021-09-01
主題	Fiction / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & MysteryFiction / Mystery & Detective / Police ProceduralFiction / PoliticalFiction / Mystery & Detective / General
ISBN	14483055439781448305544
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=08AyEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Chen Cao has been removed from his chief inspector role, but that doesn’t stop him investigating a ‘private kitchen’ murder that has similarities to a Judge Dee story.

No longer a chief inspector, Chen Cao finds himself as director of the Shanghai Judicial System Reform Office. To outsiders it’s a promotion, but Chen knows he’s being removed from the spotlight as he’s immediately placed on involuntary ‘convalescence leave’ to stop him interfering with any cases. However, with various high-profile crimes making headlines and fears escalating over vigilante reprisals, Chen’s superiors know he must at least appear active.

One case revolves around Min Lihau, a mingyuan, who runs a ‘private kitchen’ for powerful figures in Shanghai. Min’s accused of murdering her assistant, yet Chen is struck by its similarities to a historic case involving the famous Judge Dee. When an acquaintance of his is murdered in connection with Min, Chen knows he can’t stand idly by . . . but he must act in secret, under the cover of writing a Judge Dee novel.