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Название книги: A Case of Two Cities
Автор(ы): Qiu Xiaolong
Жанр: Триллер
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/A-Case-of-Two-Cities-148032.html
The fourth book in the Inspector Chen series, 2006
Prologue
AN ANONYMOUS PHONE CALL came to the Fujian Police Bureau at 1:15 a.m. on that early May night.“Come to Inebriating Money and Intoxicating Gold immediately. Room 135. You will find front page stuff for the FujianStar.”Sergeant Lou Xiangdong, the cop who answered the phone, had heard of the place before. It was a so-called karaoke center, but really known for its karaoke-covered sexual service among the corrupt officials and businessmen. The Fujian Star was a local tabloid newspaper founded in the mid-nineties. The telephone call delivered an unmistakable message: there was something scandalous going on in that room.But Lou felt sleepy and grumpy. He had chosen to work on this late shift for the night subsidy. A bachelor reaching his mid-thirties, he had just met a lovely girl, with whom he was going to have dim sum the next morning, and a week’s subsidy would probably cover the expense. He had been dreaming of golden bamboo steamers, of the min
Название книги: A Case of Two Cities
Автор(ы): Qiu Xiaolong
Жанр: Триллер
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/A-Case-of-Two-Cities-148032.html
The fourth book in the Inspector Chen series, 2006
Prologue
AN ANONYMOUS PHONE CALL came to the Fujian Police Bureau at 1:15 a.m. on that early May night.“Come to Inebriating Money and Intoxicating Gold immediately. Room 135. You will find front page stuff for the FujianStar.”Sergeant Lou Xiangdong, the cop who answered the phone, had heard of the place before. It was a so-called karaoke center, but really known for its karaoke-covered sexual service among the corrupt officials and businessmen. The Fujian Star was a local tabloid newspaper founded in the mid-nineties. The telephone call delivered an unmistakable message: there was something scandalous going on in that room.But Lou felt sleepy and grumpy. He had chosen to work on this late shift for the night subsidy. A bachelor reaching his mid-thirties, he had just met a lovely girl, with whom he was going to have dim sum the next morning, and a week’s subsidy would probably cover the expense. He had been dreaming of golden bamboo steamers, of the min
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