Interesting & entertaining Chinese mystery series produced by BBC radio

BBC full cast radio production of the Inspector Chen Mysteries, 9 mysteries to be exact, lived up to BBC radio standards & were a delightfully entertaining listen. Qiu Xiaolong's Inspector Chen Mystery book series was well interpreted for live radio & offers a unique rare glimpse of China's culture and local policing while following the standard English mystery book format. The Inspector Chen character reminds me of PD James Adam Dagliesh, only Inspector Chen's passion for poetry is constrained by Party Politics. I highly recommend this audiobook for mystery lovers for BBC radio production fans and anyone looking for something unique.

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Very entertaining!

The poetry, as I understand, is published in a paper book. It is quite remarkable and adds to the ambiance. Small peeks into the communist party are informative, if not sad. I also enjoyed the mysteries. Highly recommend this as the narrator is marvelous.

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New to me

My first time listening to this author and narrator. After this book I went ahead and purchased three more of the Inspector Chen series. The only thing I was not overly thrilled was changing the narrator.

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This book contains four dramatizations of Chinese

This book contains four dramatizations of Chinese tales. Each story provides a feel and insight into the way things were in China in the nineteen nineties. The main character is interesting and the stories all feature murder and mystery interwoven with Chinese culture of the day. I rated this as light entertainment and placed it in the second tier of my library.

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Fantastic Performance

The stories are interesting and the performances are fantastic. Wish there were more! Another great BBC audiobook

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A detective's window into China

Read all these books. This rendition is very good. would have rather had Chinese actors reading. a good window into China

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Disappointed

The story was good but I would have enjoyed it more if I had read it, The main character was ok but the british accents for the other charaters were distracting.

Murder in China

A honest and diligent detective in modern day China solves murder while under the watchful eyes of the party. Detective Chen reminds me of the English Inspector Morse, but instead of classical music, Chen writes poetry. These nine stories are quick and satisfying for any murder mystery fan.

Can't get past the British accents

I read the reviews and several people mentioned how disconcerting having Chinese characters speaking with British accents were. I didn't think it would put me off but it did. It was very distracting and annoying. The stories themselves were excellent.