When Red Is Black Av Qiu Xiaolong

<p><b>Now a BBC Radio 4 Drama Series.</b><br><br>When Inspector Chen Cao agrees to do a translation job for a Triad-connected businessman he is given a laptop, a ''little secretary'' to provide for his every need, medical care for his mother. There are, it seems, no strings attached . . . <br><br>Then a murder is reported: Chen is loath to shorten his working holiday, so Sergeant Yu is forced to take charge of the investigation. The victim, a middle-aged teacher, has been found dead in her tiny room in a converted multi-family house. Only a neighbour could have committed the crime, but there is no motive. <br><br>It is only when Chen returns and starts to investigate the past that he finds answers. But by then he has troubles of his own.</p>