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Becoming Inspector Chen (An Inspector Chen Mystery)

Becoming Inspector Chen (An Inspector Chen Mystery) Hardcover - 2020

by Xiaolong, Qiu

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Severn House, 2020. Hardcover. Good +/Good. 5x0x8. Used hardcover copy from library, with expected stickers and stamps. Clean, solid hardcover copy with unmarked text. Jacket is protected in clear plastic and has mild surface and edge wear. Binding is tight and square. Books that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.
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  • Title Becoming Inspector Chen (An Inspector Chen Mystery)
  • Author Xiaolong, Qiu
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Good +
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Severn House
  • Date 2020
  • Features Dust Cover
  • Bookseller's Inventory # HD42406190016
  • ISBN 9780727890443 / 0727890441
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.6 x 5.5 x 1 in (21.84 x 13.97 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
  • Library of Congress subjects Shanghai (China), Chen, Inspector (Fictitious character)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.6

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From the rear cover

QIU XIAOLONG BECOMING INSPECTOR CHEN After a number of grueling cases Chief Inspector Chen is facing mounting pressure from his superiors, many of whom are concerned with where his loyalties lie. What's more, he is excluded from an investigation into an incendiary poem posted on an online forum. Wracked with self-doubt and facing an anxious wait to discover the fate of his career, Chen is left to reflect on the events that have led to where he is now - from his amateur investigations as a child during the Cultural Revolution, to his very first case on the Shanghai Police Force. Has fighting for the Chinese people and the morals he believes in put him in conflict with the Party? Why is he being kept away from the new case? As well as his career, is his life now also at risk?

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Citations

  • Booklist, 02/01/2021, Page 20
  • Kirkus Reviews, 12/15/2020, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/04/2021, Page 0

About the author

Anthony Award winning author Qiu Xiaolong was born in Shanghai and moved to Washington University in St Louis, US, to complete a PhD degree in comparative literature. After the Tiananmen tragedy in 1989 he stayed on in St Louis where he still lives with his wife. Qiu's sold over two million copies of his Inspector Chen mysteries worldwide and been published in twenty languages. On top of his fiction, he is a prize-winning writer of poetry. All the titles in the Inspector Chen series, including Hold Your Breath, China, have been dramatized in BBC Radio 4 productions. www.qiuxiaolong.com

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