Search results for ‘Qiu Xiaolong’

Filter & Refine

    Cover image for A Loyal Character Dancer: Inspector Chen 2
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    A Loyal Character Dancer: Inspector Chen 2

    Qiu Xiaolong

    ‘Another wonderful novel’ - Washington Post - in the internationally acclaimed Inspector Chen crime series

    $27.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for When Red is Black: Inspector Chen 3
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    When Red is Black: Inspector Chen 3

    Qiu Xiaolong

    The third in the acclaimed Inspector Chen series set in 1990s Shanghai - ‘Sublime … complex and riveting’ Washington Post

    $27.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for The Conspiracies of the Empire
    Hardback
    Add to list Added to list

    The Conspiracies of the Empire

    Qiu Xiaolong

    The legendary Judge Dee Renjie returns, in this lyrical combination of mystery, history and ancient Chinese politics from the author of the renowned Inspector Chen mysteries

    In Tang dynasty China…

    $67.99

    Order online and we’ll ship when availablePre-order now

    Cover image for The Shadow of the Empire
    Hardback
    Add to list Added to list

    The Shadow of the Empire

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Fans of historical Far-Eastern novels will love Anthony Award-winning Qiu Xiaolong's homage to the legendary Judge Dee Renjie in this politically absorbing mystery.

    $60.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Love and Murder in the Time of Covid
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Love and Murder in the Time of Covid

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Shanghai, China. Former chief inspector Chen faces a tricky serial murderer case at the height of the Covid pandemic - and risks everything he has to expose the deadly effects…

    $42.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Becoming Inspector Chen
    Hardback
    Add to list Added to list

    Becoming Inspector Chen

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Chief Inspector Chen, facing possible disciplinary action, is excluded from a new investigation that has seen a poem said to be criticising the current government removed from the Internet. Left…

    $52.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for When Red Is Black
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    When Red Is Black

    Qiu Xiaolong

    From the Anthony Award-winning author of Death of a Red Heroine.

    $40.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for A Loyal Character Dancer
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    A Loyal Character Dancer

    Qiu Xiaolong

    From the author of the Anthony Award-winning Death of a Red Heroine, a new Inspector Chen Mystery

    $38.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Red Mandarin Dress: Inspector Chen 5
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Red Mandarin Dress: Inspector Chen 5

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Never before published fifth novel in the stunning literary crime series that has received international critical acclaim.

    $27.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for The Mao Case: Inspector Chen 6
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    The Mao Case: Inspector Chen 6

    Qiu Xiaolong

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

    $27.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Don't Cry, Tai Lake: Inspector Chen 7
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Don’t Cry, Tai Lake: Inspector Chen 7

    Qiu Xiaolong

    In the seventh novel in this acclaimed Chinese crime series, Inspector Chen’s holiday is interrupted by murder and a case that shows the true cost of his country’s drive towards…

    $27.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Enigma of China: Inspector Chen 8
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Enigma of China: Inspector Chen 8

    Qiu Xiaolong

    The eighth novel in Qiu Xiaolong’s acclaimed Chinese crime series sees Inspector Chen confronted by a terrible choice between Party politics or his principles - with his career at stake.

    $27.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Shanghai Redemption: Inspector Chen 9
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Shanghai Redemption: Inspector Chen 9

    Qiu Xiaolong

    The ninth novel in Qiu Xiaolong’s acclaimed Chinese crime series sees Inspector Chen stripped of his title and his power, and facing the deadliest case of his career.

    $27.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for A Case of Two Cities
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    A Case of Two Cities

    Qiu Xiaolong

    At once a compelling crime novel and a moving portrayal of contemporary China, A Case of Two Cities is the finest novel in the award-winning Inspector Chen series.

    $51.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Red Mandarin Dress
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Red Mandarin Dress

    Qiu Xiaolong

    When two women are murdered–and redressed in identical red mandarin dresses–the newspapers start screaming that Shanghai is being stalked by its first sexual serial killer. Chief Inspector Chen Cao quickly…

    $49.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for The Mao Case
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    The Mao Case

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is the head of the Special Case group and is often put in charge of politically sensitive cases. Inspector Chen takes…

    $47.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Death of a Red Heroine: Inspector Chen 1
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Death of a Red Heroine: Inspector Chen 1

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Prizewinning debut of an extraordinary new voice in crime writing.

    $27.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for A Case of Two Cities: Inspector Chen 4
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    A Case of Two Cities: Inspector Chen 4

    Qiu Xiaolong

    ‘As modern China’s profile rises, so too does the stock of literature from and about it. But Shanghai-born Qiu Xiaolong’s Inspector Chen detective series is one of the freshest and…

    $27.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Death of a Red Heroine
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Death of a Red Heroine

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Contemporary China comes vividly to life in this new crime series featuring Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police who risks his own life and career to track down a murderer.

    $38.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for The Shadow of the Empire
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    The Shadow of the Empire

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Minutes before he is asked to investigate a murder involving renowned poetress and courtesan Xuanji, Judge Dee receives a cryptic note attached to a knife: ‘A high-flying dragon will have…

    $40.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Hold Your Breath, China
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Hold Your Breath, China

    Qiu Xiaolong

    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…

    $42.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Love and Murder in the Time of Covid
    Hardback
    Add to list Added to list

    Love and Murder in the Time of Covid

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Shanghai, China. Former chief inspector Chen faces a tricky serial murderer case at the height of the Covid pandemic - and risks everything he has to expose the deadly effects…

    $67.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder
    Hardback
    Add to list Added to list

    Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Removed from his position as chief Inspector, Chen Cao has been installed as director of the Shanghai Judicial System Reform Office but immediately placed on involuntary ‘convalescence leave.’ Despite being…

    $65.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Becoming Inspector Chen
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Becoming Inspector Chen

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Chief Inspector Chen, facing possible disciplinary action, is excluded from a new investigation that has seen a poem said to be criticising the current government removed from the Internet. Left…

    $42.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Hold Your Breath, China
    Hardback
    Add to list Added to list

    Hold Your Breath, China

    Qiu Xiaolong

    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…

    $57.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Hold Your Breath, China
    Hardback
    Add to list Added to list

    Hold Your Breath, China

    Qiu Xiaolong

    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…

    $79.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Don't Cry, Tai Lake: An Inspector Chen Novel
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Don’t Cry, Tai Lake: An Inspector Chen Novel

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department must tread carefully if he is to uncover the truth behind a brutal murder and find a measure of justice for…

    $42.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Enigma of China
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Enigma of China

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Chief 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. Now…

    $42.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for The Shadow of the Empire
    Hardback
    Add to list Added to list

    The Shadow of the Empire

    Xiaolong Qiu

    Minutes before he is asked to investigate a murder involving renowned poetress and courtesan Xuanji, Judge Dee receives a cryptic note attached to a knife: ‘A high-flying dragon will have…

    $65.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder

    Xiaolong Qiu

    Removed from his position as chief Inspector, Chen Cao has been installed as director of the Shanghai Judicial System Reform Office but immediately placed on involuntary ‘convalescence leave.’ Despite being…

    $42.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    CD-Audio
    Add to list Added to list

    Love and Murder in the Time of Covid

    Qiu Xiaolong

    The Covid crisis is at its height in China. Ex chief inspector Chen Cao is horrified by the way the Chinese Communist Party are using the pandemic as an excuse…

    $160.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    CD-Audio
    Add to list Added to list

    Love and Murder in the Time of Covid

    Qiu Xiaolong

    The Covid crisis is at its height in China. Ex chief inspector Chen Cao is horrified by the way the Chinese Communist Party are using the pandemic as an excuse…

    $107.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    CD-Audio
    Add to list Added to list

    Love and Murder in the Time of Covid

    Qiu Xiaolong

    The Covid crisis is at its height in China. Ex chief inspector Chen Cao is horrified by the way the Chinese Communist Party are using the pandemic as an excuse…

    $98.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Years of Red Dust: Stories of Shanghai

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Published originally in the pages of Le Monde, this collection of linked short stories by Qiu Xiaolong has already been a major bestseller in France (Cite de la Poussiere Rouge)…

    $40.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for When Red Is Black
    CD-Audio
    Add to list Added to list

    When Red Is Black

    Qiu Xiaolong

    When the murder of a woman is reported to the Shanghai police while Inspector Chen is on vacation, Sergeant Yu is forced to take charge of the investigation. The victim…

    $38.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for A Loyal Character Dancer
    CD-Audio
    Add to list Added to list

    A Loyal Character Dancer

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Inspector Chen's mentor in the Shanghai Police Bureau has assigned him to escort U.S. Marshal Catherine Rohn. Her mission is to bring Wen, the wife of a witness in an…

    $42.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Death of a Red Heroine
    CD-Audio
    Add to list Added to list

    Death of a Red Heroine

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Qiu Xiaolong's Anthony Award-winning debut introduces Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police. A young national model worker, renowned for her adherence to the principles of the Communist Party, turns up…

    $46.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Death of a Red Heroine
    CD-Audio
    Add to list Added to list

    Death of a Red Heroine

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Qiu Xiaolong's Anthony Award-winning debut introduces Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police. A young national model worker, renowned for her adherence to the principles of the Communist Party, turns up…

    $46.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for When Red Is Black
    CD-Audio
    Add to list Added to list

    When Red Is Black

    Qiu Xiaolong

    When the murder of a woman is reported to the Shanghai police while Inspector Chen is on vacation, Sergeant Yu is forced to take charge of the investigation. The victim…

    $38.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for When Red Is Black
    CD-Audio
    Add to list Added to list

    When Red Is Black

    Qiu Xiaolong

    When the murder of a woman is reported to the Shanghai police while Inspector Chen is on vacation, Sergeant Yu is forced to take charge of the investigation. The victim…

    $38.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for A Loyal Character Dancer Lib/E
    CD-Audio
    Add to list Added to list

    A Loyal Character Dancer Lib/E

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Inspector Chen's mentor in the Shanghai Police Bureau has assigned him to escort U.S. Marshal Catherine Rohn. Her mission is to bring Wen, the wife of a witness in an…

    $42.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for A Loyal Character Dancer
    CD-Audio
    Add to list Added to list

    A Loyal Character Dancer

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Inspector Chen's mentor in the Shanghai Police Bureau has assigned him to escort U.S. Marshal Catherine Rohn. Her mission is to bring Wen, the wife of a witness in an…

    $42.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Death of a Red Heroine
    CD-Audio
    Add to list Added to list

    Death of a Red Heroine

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Qiu Xiaolong's Anthony Award-winning debut introduces Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police. A young national model worker, renowned for her adherence to the principles of the Communist Party, turns up…

    $46.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder
    Audio
    Add to list Added to list

    Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder

    Qiu Xiaolong

    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…

    $89.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for The Shadow of the Empire
    Audio
    Add to list Added to list

    The Shadow of the Empire

    Qiu Xiaolong

    Minutes before he is asked to investigate a murder involving renowned poetress and courtesan Xuanji, Judge Dee receives a cryptic note attached to a knife: ‘A high-flying dragon will have…

    $89.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Audio
    Add to list Added to list

    The Shadow of the Empire Lib/E

    Qiu Xiaolong

    The legendary Judge Dee Renjie investigates a high-profile murder case in this intriguing companion novel to Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder set in seventh-century China.

    Judge Dee Renjie…

    $126.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Audio
    Add to list Added to list

    Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder

    Qiu Xiaolong

    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…

    $160.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for THE WASTE LAND and Other Poems: 100th Anniversary International Edition
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    THE WASTE LAND and Other Poems: 100th Anniversary International Edition

    T S Eliot

    The centenary edition of The Waste Land includes a foreword by internationally acclaimed novelist Qiu Xiaolong explaining what it means today to readers around the world.

    $43.99

    Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order