The Murder of Mr. Ma

By: SJ Rozan and John Shen Nee

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Synopsis: For fans of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films, this stunning, swashbuckling series opener by a powerhouse duo of authors is at once comfortingly familiar and tantalizingly new.Two unlikely allies race through the cobbled streets of 1920s London in search of a killer targeting Chinese immigrants.London, 1924. When shy academic Lao She meets larger-than-life Judge Dee Ren Jie, his quiet life abruptly turns from books and lectures to daring chases and narrow escapes. Dee has come to London to investigate the murder of a man he&’d known during World War I when serving with the Chinese Labour Corps. No sooner has Dee interviewed the grieving widow than another dead body turns up. Then another. All stabbed to death with a butterfly sword. Will Dee and Lao be able to connect the threads of the murders—or are they next in line as victims?Blending traditional gong&’an crime fiction with the most iconic aspects of the Sherlock Holmes canon, Dee and Lao&’s first adventure is as thrilling and visual as an action film, as imaginative and transportive as a timeless classic.