Killing Time

The Killing Time Book Group will discuss The Enigma of China by Qui Xialong (Minotaur, $15.99).  Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is brought in by the Party to sign off on the investigation into the death of Zhou Keng.  Zhou 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. 

Event date: 

Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 6:30pm
Enigma of China: An Inspector Chen Novel (Inspector Chen Cao #8) By Qiu Xiaolong Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250048578
Availability: On our shelves as of last inventory update.
Without exception, non-returnable.
Published: Minotaur Books - June 17th, 2014

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