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The Murder of Mr Ma by John Shen Yen Nee and SJ Rozan

By Vicki Weisfeld

8 April, 2024

This light-hearted crime adventure is a book I’ve been looking forward to for some months for several good reasons. Although it is co-written with media executive John Shen Yen Nee, I was already a fan of SJ Rozan’s award-winning mysteries featuring New York City private…

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A brief history of Chinese crime fiction

By crimefictionlover

10 November, 2015

First published in the 1990s, Christopher West’s The China Quartet novels have been given a substantial rewrite by the author and are being issued as ebooks starting this month with Death of A Blue Lantern. When he looked back on his series the author decided…

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CIS: Judge Dee, China's Sherlock

By Vicki Weisfeld

2 September, 2015

The story of how Dutch diplomat Robert van Gulik came to write the 16 murder mysteries featuring legendary Tang Dynasty jurist Dee Jen-djieh – AKA Judge Dee – is almost as fascinating as the novels themselves. Van Gulik (1910-1967) took an early academic interest in…

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Free ebook: Murder in Ancient China

By crimefictionlover

3 January, 2014

If your bank balance is on the ropes after the financial pounding we call The Holiday Season, have no fear. You can still enjoy your crime fiction thanks to the University of Chicago Press. Every month, the publisher issues a free ebook, and once in…

Crime Fiction Lover

The Murder of Mr Ma by John Shen Yen Nee and SJ Rozan

A brief history of Chinese crime fiction

CIS: Judge Dee, China's Sherlock

Free ebook: Murder in Ancient China

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