Sandra (mycatscanread) -
Chief Inspector Wexford is on a trip to China with a group of British tourists. It's a long, hot tour and most of it is by train. The Inspector prefers hot green tea over cold drinks in the stifling Chinese summer and as the tour progresses, Inspector Wexford begins to see an old Chinese woman with bound feet following him from village to village. Is she real or is she an hallucination? Upon returning home to England, Wexford is called out to the scene of a murder. The victim is one of the tourists from the China trip. Wexford must solve this crime and the mystery of the woman with bound feet. Excellent traditional British mystery.
Raydene B. (Knitbooky) reviewed Speaker of Mandarin (Chief Inspector Wexford, Bk 12) on + 136 more book reviews
Vintage Rendell with multiple twists and turns and a tricky ending
Ruth R. (yomamaruth) reviewed Speaker of Mandarin (Chief Inspector Wexford, Bk 12) on + 366 more book reviews
The series of mysteries with Inspector Wexford takes a different turn in this book. He is on a tour of China where there are strange happenings with his fellow travelers-one of whom is murdered after they return to England
