Red Mandarin

by Christopher West

Published 26 September 2000
When a Beijing official is found floating in Hong Kong harbour, Inspector Wang of China's Public Security Bureau is sent to make enquiries. As he battles towards finding an answer, it becomes clear to his superiors in the People's Republic of China would prefer the truth to remain hidden.

Beijing, 1991 and a night out at the People's Opera. But instead, Wang finds himself with a murder victim on his hands. His investigations lead him into the secret world of Beijing's renascent Triads and Communist Party politics and an increasing conflict between duty and conscience.

Death on Black Dragon River

by Christopher West

Published 4 December 1995
Beijing police detective Wang Anzhuang and his wife, Rosina, travel to Nanping, the village Wang left many years before. They soon find themselves embrolied in rural politics. When a Party Secretary is murdered, Wang is forced to dig deeper into a past everyone in Nanping would rather forget.