Li Du was prepared to travel anywhere in the world except for one place: home. But to unravel the mystery that surrounds his mentor’s execution, that’s exactly where he must go.
Plunged into the painful memories and teeming streets of Beijing, Li Du obtains a humble clerkship that offers anonymity and access to the records he needs. He is beginning to make progress when his search for answers buried in the past is interrupted by murder in the present.
The wife of a local factory owner is found dead, along with a man who appears to have been her lover, and the most likely suspect is the husband. But what Li Du’s superiors at the North Borough Office are willing to accept as a crime of passion strikes Li Du as something more calculated. As past and present intertwine, Li Du’s investigations reveal that many of Beijing’s residents ― foreign and Chinese, artisan and official, scholar and soldier ― have secrets they would kill to protect.
When the threats begin, Li Du must decide how much he is willing to sacrifice to discover the truth in a city bent on concealing it, a city where the stroke of a brush on paper can alter the past, change the future, prolong a life, or end one.
0 有用 JHW160 2020-03-13 23:37:02
李杜系列第三作,李杜终于进京回家了。主线和支线剧情相当复杂,家访也很冗长,看得相当累。但是总体质量还是相当高的,推荐阅读,并期待着下一作。
1 有用 _iaalaf_ 2019-07-07 13:57:22
作者的場景構造一向細緻,但營造的意境勝於刻畫。應該是在京城的緣故吧,這本的情節比前兩本來的平淡,但不乏力量感。拿著Penn的館藏,翻到最後一頁發現Hart是Swat Alum,倒是一下把我從想像拉回生活中。
0 有用 木海 2019-07-17 04:44:44
2019.7.17,李杜系列的第三作,我还没看前两作。不错的阅读体验,写作有着独特的中国风味。以清初京城为背景的探案小说,解开谋杀案和反清复明案中第九人的真相,支线还包括科举舞弊事件等,人物关系复杂。这个系列竟然没有汉化,有空把前两本给补了(咕)
0 有用 JHW160 2020-03-13 23:37:02
李杜系列第三作,李杜终于进京回家了。主线和支线剧情相当复杂,家访也很冗长,看得相当累。但是总体质量还是相当高的,推荐阅读,并期待着下一作。
0 有用 木海 2019-07-17 04:44:44
2019.7.17,李杜系列的第三作,我还没看前两作。不错的阅读体验,写作有着独特的中国风味。以清初京城为背景的探案小说,解开谋杀案和反清复明案中第九人的真相,支线还包括科举舞弊事件等,人物关系复杂。这个系列竟然没有汉化,有空把前两本给补了(咕)
1 有用 _iaalaf_ 2019-07-07 13:57:22
作者的場景構造一向細緻,但營造的意境勝於刻畫。應該是在京城的緣故吧,這本的情節比前兩本來的平淡,但不乏力量感。拿著Penn的館藏,翻到最後一頁發現Hart是Swat Alum,倒是一下把我從想像拉回生活中。