{"product_id":"the-secret-sharers-9781448317172","title":"The Secret Sharers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEx-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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eOver two million copies of the Inspector Chen series sold worldwide.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the Chinese government's crackdown on private investigators, times are hard for those in the business: Which includes Inspector Chen's good friend Old Hunter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What crime has the vanished man supposedly committed? Chen plunges in, his investigations soon leading back to the massacre at Tian'anmen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Qiu Xiaolong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Severn House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.43w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781448317172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eXiaolong, Qiu:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAnthony Award-winning author \u003cb\u003eQiu Xiaolong\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Shanghai and moved to Washington University in St. Louis, US to complete a PhD in comparative literature. After the Tian'anmen tragedy in 1989, he stayed on in St. Louis, where he still lives with his wife. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQiu has sold over two million copies of his Inspector Chen Mysteries worldwide and been published in twenty languages. Many of his novels have been adapted as BBC Radio 4 dramas. Qiu is also the author of a mystery series set in Tang dynasty China, featuring the legendary Judge Dee Renjie. On top of his fiction, he is a prize-winning writer of poetry and poetry critic.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Qiu Xiaolong \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47566710210717,"sku":"9781448317172","price":47.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_20a6513e-c743-4606-b263-9736fda18fcb.jpg?v=1768315435","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-secret-sharers-9781448317172","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}