Chinese Mystery

Shanghai in the 20s was a fabulous place, a gaudy, immoral, violent, unjust, optimistic free-for-all where rickshaws competed with Rolls-Royces and a wealthy Englishman, American, or Japanese who spent an afternoon at the dog races might be inconvenienced by the sight of a public beheading on his way to the club for cocktails. It was also an improbable model for the future where racial barriers were rigid in certain neighborhoods and completely lacking in others only a few blocks away.

Biff Brewster heads to Burma to visit his uncle, Charles Keene. His trip to the Far East is evidently of interest to other people. When he arrives in Burma, a kidnap attempt occurs at the airport. He doesn't understand why but escapes back to the airline terminal. An employee of Charles Keene finds Biff and takes him to Explorations Unlimited, Charles Keene's company. Biff discovers his uncle is missing in Communist China and decides to find and rescue him. During the rescue, Biff discovers a secret Chinese base whose knowledge is valuable to the United States.

At thirteen, investigative prodigy Huang Zixia had already proved herself by aiding her father in solving confounding crimes. At seventeen, she's on the run, accused of murdering her family to escape an arranged marriage. Driven by a single-minded pursuit, she must use her skills to unmask the real killer...and clear her name.

Hongmei is the perfect Chinese wife: beautiful, diligent, passive. Glen is the perfect American husband: intelligent, caring, well-off. From the outside, Hongmei and Glen's life in the San Francisco Bay Area seems perfect. But at home, their marriage is falling apart. Post-its left on the fridge are their primary form of communication.

皇帝派出使团从英国要回应由皇族成员乘坐的天龙“泰米艾尔”。上校劳伦斯和泰米艾尔在各方压力下，踏上了前往中国的漫长旅程……皇帝派出使團從英國要回應由皇族成員乘坐的天龍「泰米艾爾」。上校勞倫斯和泰米艾爾在各方壓力下，踏上了前往中國的漫長旅程……

东方阴谋之后，驭龙战神和他的龙族朋友再次凯旋。沉浸在冒险带来的狂喜之中，一封神秘的来信却搅乱了他们的生活……東方陰謀之后，馭龍戰神和他的龍族朋友再次凱旋。沉浸在冒險帶來的狂喜之中，一封神秘的來信卻攪亂了他們的生活……

《十宗罪3》本剧是中国十大恐怖凶杀案之第三季，全部根据真实案例改编而成，公安部成立特案组，四个超级警察，对一个个奇案大案进行侦破！所有案情均为重口味，异常恐怖！ …… 《十宗罪3》本劇是中國十大恐怖兇殺案之第三季，全部根據真實案例改編而成，公安部成立特案組，四個超級警察，對一個個奇案大案進行偵破！所有案情均為重口味，異常恐怖！

When Yang Wei travels to C City for work, he expects nothing more than a standard business trip. A break from his day-to-day routine, a good paycheck, a nice hotel—nothing too extravagant, of course. No fuss, but all the amenities. But this is where his problems begin. A complimentary bottle of mineral water from the hotel minibar results in sudden and debilitating stomach pain, followed by unconsciousness. When he wakes three days later, things don’t improve; they get worse. With no explanation, the hotel forcibly sends him to a hospital for examination.

淘宝店主接连被杀，死者身上都烙有五芒星标志。五芒星烙印究竟代表什么？……淘寶店主接連被殺，死者身上都烙有五芒星標誌。五芒星烙印究竟代表什麼？

“写推理小说的目的，并不是为了营造血腥与恐怖，而是为了向头脑与智慧挑战！” ……「寫推理小說的目的，並不是為了營造血腥與恐怖，而是為了向頭腦與智慧挑戰！」

慈禧垂帘听政的清末，即同治、光绪之交，曾发生无数的奇情冤案，其中以杨乃武与小白菜案、名伶杨月楼冤案、太原奇案、张汶祥刺马案最为轰动，统称为清末四大奇案。…… 慈禧垂簾聽政的清末，即同治、光緒之交，曾發生無數的奇情冤案，其中以楊乃武與小白菜案、名伶楊月樓冤案、太原奇案、張汶祥刺馬案最為轟動，統稱為清末四大奇案。

Meet Carter Kovac disgraced art dealer turned reluctant, bumbling private detective. After inheriting his famous father's detective agency, he immediately becomes entangled in a mysterious web of intrigue and murder--and the police think he's the culprit. Or they'd at least like to pin it on him, as that'd save a lot of time.

Police Inspector Lu Fei has an unfortunate talent for getting himself into hot water with powerful and well-connected people. Which is why he's been assigned to a backwater town in a rural area of Northern China and quietly warned to keep his head down. But while running a sting operation on the sale and consumption of rare and endangered animals, Lu comes across the curious case of a waitress who has gone missing. Her last known whereabouts: a restaurant frequented by local elites, owned by smooth-talking gangster, and known for its exotic—and highly illegal—delicacies.

This collection gathers the finest pieces from the "Appreciation of Foreign Literature" column. It includes works by influential contemporary writers from countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Russia, and Japan, with a focus on the United States and Japan.

Morning service in the quiet village church. Josie Welford, licensee of the White Hart, is daydreaming during Father Tim Martin’s sermon. The peace is shattered when a filthy Chinese youth flings himself into the church demanding sanctuary. The Church must decide whether to accede to a request that no long has legal standing or to hand Tang over to the authorities. Josie’s friend and long-term lodger, Nick Thomas, fears for the boy’s life.

Driving home after being kicked out of college, Tucker meets and picks up the mysterious Corinne Chang at a rest stop. Infatuated, and with nothing better to do, he ends up with her in St. Louis, where he gets a job as a chef in a Chinese restaurant. Even though he’s a gwai lo—a foreign devil—his cooking skills impress the Chinese patrons of the restaurant, and his wooing skills impress Corinne when she joins him there as a waitress.

Inspired by true events, The Chinese Delivery Man picks up where the press left off: once arrests are made and there are no more sensational, lurid headlines, how does a struggling immigrant family deal with the aftermath of a tragic loss of one of their own and put their lives back together?

Recon, the cyber spooks top agent, stares at the giant screens at the cyber spooks HQ, a map of the world shows endless cyber attacks shooting across the screen like bolts of lightning. It’s just another day at the office, except this day he brought his 13-year-old son Carlo along to show him around. Suddenly, a major computer virus outbreak begins with a London bank, all branches across the UK become infected, the attacks appear to come from China.

The Chinese Murder of Edward Watts is a Covey Jencks mystery. Covey and JayJay travel to China and then return home to deal with shady characters, spies, gangsters, and other tough customers. In an exciting last act, they solve a murder most foul.

A buried corpse disappears. A child is kidnapped. A woman suddenly vanishes. The only clue - mysterious Chinese symbols; left behind at each of the crime scenes in a provincial town in Northern Denmark. In the eye of the storm is Eva. After suffering a deeply sorrowful tragedy - where her long-awaited daughter is stillborn - Eva is fighting to get her life back on track together with her husband who recently, and inexplicably, became paralyzed and is now unable to take care of himself. In an attempt to escape her grief, Eva embarks on her own investigation to find out who is behind these violent crimes.