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jennoctavia's review against another edition
3.0
It intrigue my curiosity but somehow I can guess how the story goes...
Its the second book of Inspector Chen I read, somehow I feel he is like James Bond, in every book he has a love interest to help his cases.
It was a fun reading!
Its the second book of Inspector Chen I read, somehow I feel he is like James Bond, in every book he has a love interest to help his cases.
It was a fun reading!
dmendels's review against another edition
5.0
Not sure this is really a 5 star book, but I have loved this quirky series and loved this one too, perhaps the best.
This is the 8th book in the Inspector Chen series, a police procedural set in recent/contemporary Shanghai. Inspector Chen is a poet, epicure and detective and the books paint a very rich portrait of life in contemporary Shanghai as a mid-level Cadre. Blending history, literature, food porn, and a clever mystery, they are good fun. Quirky, even nerdy, but would recommend to anyone who likes either the genre or is interested in modern Shanghai and life in China.
This is the 8th book in the Inspector Chen series, a police procedural set in recent/contemporary Shanghai. Inspector Chen is a poet, epicure and detective and the books paint a very rich portrait of life in contemporary Shanghai as a mid-level Cadre. Blending history, literature, food porn, and a clever mystery, they are good fun. Quirky, even nerdy, but would recommend to anyone who likes either the genre or is interested in modern Shanghai and life in China.
lnatal's review against another edition
3.0
From BBC radio 4 - Drama:
Poet and gourmand, Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police Bureau is called in to oversee the investigation into the death of the Director of The Shanghai Development Committee while under house arrest. He has to negotiate the power of the Party, an internet campaign and a new potential romance. Dramatised by John Harvey.
Director: David Hunter
"Enigma of China" is the eighth of Qiu Xiaolong's Inspector Chen novels, all 9 of which have been dramatised for BBC Radio 4. They have sold over 1million copies and been translated into 20 languages.
"Witty and thrilling" The Daily Telegraph
"A welcome alternative to Scandi-noir" The Observer.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b39pgr
Poet and gourmand, Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police Bureau is called in to oversee the investigation into the death of the Director of The Shanghai Development Committee while under house arrest. He has to negotiate the power of the Party, an internet campaign and a new potential romance. Dramatised by John Harvey.
Director: David Hunter
"Enigma of China" is the eighth of Qiu Xiaolong's Inspector Chen novels, all 9 of which have been dramatised for BBC Radio 4. They have sold over 1million copies and been translated into 20 languages.
"Witty and thrilling" The Daily Telegraph
"A welcome alternative to Scandi-noir" The Observer.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b39pgr