Publisher: Riverrun, Genre: Crime
Year published: 2001
Status: Read, Year read: 2025
Main character: Li Yan
Summary: Eighteen dismembered bodys are discovered on a building site in Shanghai. A detailed investigation follows.
Detail: Li Yan is seconded from Beijing to Shanghai to lead the investigation. He insists on his partner, Margaret Campbell, to lead the pathology investigation. Campbell upsets the scene on many levels, making for a gripping read. As the story unfolds the horrors and extent of the crime are laid bare.
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