The Secret Sharers
(Author) Qiu XiaolongEx-Chief Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police Bureau investigates the case of a vanished man in this poetic, atmospheric literary mystery set in contemporary Shanghai. Over two million copies of the Inspector Chen series sold worldwide. With the Chinese government's crackdown on private investigators, times are hard for those in the profession: Which includes Inspector Chen's good friend Old Hunter. So when one of Shanghai's most successful businesswomen asks Old Hunter to help a man nicknamed X who's been vanished by the government, reason unknown, he accepts the politically dangerous-but extremely well-paid-case, and immediately turns to Chen for help in turn. What crime has the vanished man supposedly committed? Chen plunges in, his investigations soon leading back to the massacre at Tiananmen Square, when X spoke up against the Party-and Chen did not. And as the inspector uncovers the life of a man whose background and tastes strangely echo his own, he becomes desperate not just to save the mysterious X, but to redeem himself for his own mistakes.
Qiu Xiaolong
Qiu Xiaolong is a Chinese author known for his Inspector Chen mystery series, with "Death of a Red Heroine" being his most famous work. His literary style combines crime fiction with social commentary, offering insight into modern China. Xiaolong's contributions to literature include bringing Chinese culture and politics to a global audience.
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