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  • On “Death of a Red Heroine” by Qiu Xiaolong

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    I mistook this novel for a murder mystery. It is that, nominally: Chief Inspector Chen Cao and Detective Yu of the Shanghai Police Bureau spend their time investigating the murder of Guan Hongying, a national model worker found dead in an obscure county canal. Chen and Yu dig for clues, interview witnesses, mull over theories about what…

    Book cover for Qiu Xiaolong's Death of a Red Heroine novel