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Inspecteur Chen Reeks

Reis mee met een scherpzinnige politie-inspecteur die zijn weg vindt in het complexe Shanghai, waar oude tradities botsen met de puls van het moderne leven. Elke zaak ontvouwt zich als een ingewikkelde puzzel, diep geworteld in het rijke culturele weefsel van China. Deze serie biedt een boeiende mix van mysterie, culturele verkenning en scherpe observatie van de menselijke natuur, terwijl gerechtigheid wordt gezocht door middel van intellect en empathie.

The Mao Case
Red Mandarin Dress
A Case of Two Cities
When red is black
Een delicate dans / druk 1
Dood van een rode heldin

Aanbevolen leesvolgorde

  1. Dood van een rode heldin

    • 491bladzijden
    • 18 uur lezen

    Shanghai is in 1990 een stad die aarzelt tussen communisme en kapitalisme. Qui Xiaolong toont in Dood van een rode heldin het dagelijks leven in deze wereldstad zonder daarbij de vaart van zijn razend spannende thriller te verminderen. Het boek bezorgde de auteur wereldwijde faam en is genomineerd voor de Edgar Award in de categorie Best First Novel.Inspecteur Chen van de politie in Shanghai onderzoekt de moord op Guan Hongying. Als modelarbeidster is zij een politiek voorbeeld. In haar woning vindt Chen echter burgerlijk-decadente opmaakspulletjes en erotische foto's. Het is een pikante zaak, die tot in de hoogste politieke kringen voert. Chen loopt bij het onderzoek zelf levensgevaarlijke risico's. Qui Xiaolong (1953) is geboren en getogen in Shanghai. Hij was in de Verenigde Staten toen het bloedbad op het Plein van de Hemelse Vrede plaatsvond. Hij besloot niet meer terug te keren en doceert nu Chinese literatuur aan de Washington University.

    Dood van een rode heldin1
    3,5

  2. Een delicate dans / druk 1

    • 381bladzijden
    • 14 uur lezen

    Een hoofdinspecteur van de politie in Shanghai onderzoekt samen met een Amerikaanse vrouwelijke collega een tirademoord en mensensmokkel.

    Een delicate dans / druk 12
    3,9

  3. When red is black

    "For what seems a fortune, Inspector Chen Cao has been asked by a triad-connected businessman to use his holiday time to do a translation job. He will be given everything he needs: a laptop, 'a little secretary' to provide for him; medical care for his mother. He is assured there are no stings attached."--Page 2 of cover.

    When red is black3
    3,6

  4. A Case of Two Cities

    • 367bladzijden
    • 13 uur lezen

    After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil lanes of London, they are all drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror and soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine.

    A Case of Two Cities4
    3,7

  5. Red Mandarin Dress

    • 320bladzijden
    • 12 uur lezen

    Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is often put in charge of politically sensitive cases. Having recently ruffled more than a few official feathers, when he is asked to look into a sensitive corruption case he takes immediate action - he goes on leave from work. But while on vacation, the body of a murdered young woman is found in a highly trafficked area and the only notable aspect is that she was redressed in a red mandarin dress. When a second body appears, this time in the People's Park, also in precisely the same kind of red mandarin dress, the newspapers start screaming that Shanghai is being stalked by its first sexual serial killer. With the Party anxious to resolve the murders quickly, Chen finds himself in the midst of his most potentially dangerous and sensitive case to date.

    Red Mandarin Dress5
    3,8

  6. The Mao Case

    • 304bladzijden
    • 11 uur lezen

    The sixth literary crime novel in the acclaimed Inspector Chen series: Chen investigates two cases connected to Mao's women.

    The Mao Case6
    3,4

  7. Don´t Cry, Tai Lake

    • 262bladzijden
    • 10 uur lezen

    "Dark, gorgeous...feels authentically Chinese and it works like a charm." --Washington Post Book World on A Case of Two Cities Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is offered a bit of luxury by friends and supporters within the Party - a week's vacation at a luxurious resort near Lake Tai, a week where he can relax, and recover, undisturbed by outside demands or disruptions. Unfortunately, the once beautiful Lake Tai, renowned for its clear waters, is now covered by fetid algae, its waters polluted by toxic runoff from local manufacturing plants. Then the director of one of the manufacturing plants responsible for the pollution is murdered and the leader of the local ecological group is the primary suspect of the local police. Now Inspector Chen must tread carefully if he is to uncover the truth behind the brutal murder and find a measure of justice for both the victim and the accused.

    Don´t Cry, Tai Lake7
    3,7

  8. Enigma of China

    Chief Inspector Chen Cao never had a choice about his career. A poet by training, he was assigned to the Shanghai Police Department after college. To his own surprise, he became an excellent detective, and now he's in line to take over the top political position in the department. Which is why the Party has chosen him for the investigation into the death of Zhou Keng. Zhou Keng was running the Shanghai Housing Development Committee when a number of his corrupt practices were exposed. Removed from his position and placed into detention, he apparently hanged himself while under guard. The Party is anxious to have Zhou's death declared a suicide, but the sequence of events doesn't quite add up. Now Chen will have to decide what to do - follow the party line, or seek the justice his position requires and risk angering powerful people...

    Enigma of China8
    3,9

  9. Shanghai Redemption

    • 336bladzijden
    • 12 uur lezen

    Now a BBC Radio 4 Drama Series. 'The system has no place for a cop who puts justice above the interests of the Party. It's a miracle that I survived as long as I did.' For years, Chen Cao managed to balance the interests of the Communist Party and the demands made by his job. He was considered a rising star until, after one too many controversial cases that embarrassed powerful men, he found himself neutralised. Under the guise of a promotion, he's been stripped of his title and his influence, discredited and isolated. Soon it becomes clear that his enemies still aren't satisfied, and that someone is attempting to have him killed - quietly. Chen has been charged with the investigation into a 'Red Prince' - a high Party figure who embodies the ruthless ambition, greed and corruption that is on the rise in China. But with no power, few allies, and his own reputation and life on the line, he knows he is facing the most dangerous case of his career.

    Shanghai Redemption9
    3,7

  10. Hold Your Breath, China

    • 336bladzijden
    • 12 uur lezen

    Chief Inspector Chen is assigned to investigate a group of environmental activists trying to tackle the pollution issues in China. The case is supposed to be simple, but it is complicated by Chen having history with the leader of the group. Meanwhile Detective Yu is on the trail of a serial murderer.

    Hold Your Breath, China10
    3,7