When Red Is Black?

When Red is Black is Qiu Xiaolong's third Inspector Chen mystery and provides an insightful look into modern China.

When Red is Black summary?

When the murder of a woman is reported to the Shanghai police while Inspector Chen is on vacation, Sergeant Yu is forced to take charge of the investigation. The victim, Yin Lige, a novelist known for her banned book, has been found dead in her tiny, humble room off the stairwell of a converted multi-family house.

What is the meaning of the red and the black?

The Red and the Black refers to the color that people in 19th-century France would wear to show that they had certain types of jobs. It was usually soldiers who wore red and priests who wore black. ... Another possible meaning for red and black in this book would be love (red) and death (black).

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