Death Notice
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Based on China's most famous online crime serial, a killer crowd-sources his victims, playing a deadly but ingenious game of cat-and-mouse with the police. Online, a vigilante announces their intention of meting out justice for unpunished crimes. Users are invited to submit names for judgement. Those found guilty will be sentenced. And there is just one punishment: death. Despite publishing the name of each victim and the date of execution - their death notice - the police are simply unable to stop the killer. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) is assembled, comprising a criminal psychologist, a SWAT captain, an Online Surveillance Officer and Detective Luo Fei. As they pursue the killer, the SIT will be drawn ever deeper into dark and dangerous territory. What is the connection to a highly classified eighteen-year-old case that saw two similar 'death notice' murders? What is Detective Luo's personal connection to that case? And finally, what crimes might the members of the SIT guilty of? And what will they do to keep them secret?
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I'm thankful because Chinese books are being translated, it offers me an opportunity to meet new authors. And now I think I've found myself a new favorite author!
Really enjoyed this - a very twisty, clever crime drama involving a vigilante serial killer, set in Chengdu. I came across it by chance in a charity shop, and as it's the first of a trilogy, I've already bought the second book (not sure the third one has been translated into English yet).
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2 primary booksDeath Notices is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2014 with contributions by Zhou Haohui.
