Dee & Lao, book 1: The Murder of Mr. Ma
S.J. Rozan et John Shen Yen Nee2024

Two unlikely allies race through the cobbled streets of 1920s London in search of a killer targeting Chinese immigrants.

London, 1924. When shy academic (and aspiring novelist) Lao She meets larger-than-life, law-defying Judge Dee Ren Jie, his 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 by a butterfly sword. Will Dee and Lao be able to connect the threads of the murders—or are they next in line as victims?