Chief Inspector Chen and Detective Yu Guangming are brought into a serial murder case when the Homicide squad proves incapable of solving it. But before Chen can make a start, he is called away by a high-ranking Party member for a special assignment: to infiltrate a group of environmental activists meeting to discuss the pollution levels in the country and how to prompt the government into action.Chen knows it will be a far from simple task, especially when he discovers the leader of the group is a woman from his past. Meanwhile, Yu is left to investigate the serial murder case on his own.Both Chen and Yu face pressure from those above to resolve the cases in a satisfactory way . even if that means innocents face the punishment."Outstanding . Qiu's execution matches his ambition.

Fans of mysteries about honest cops working for compromised regimes won't want to miss this one"Publishers Weekly Starred Review "Inspector Chen's 10th mystery effectively uses the genre to explore China's current pollution crisis"Kirkus Reviews"Another superb entry in an always-outstanding series" Booklist Starred Review of Shanghai Redemption.