Enigma of China

Qiu Xiaolong - Shanghai Chief Inspector Chen Cao series. Story of high official found hanged. Question whether was suicide or murder. Then the investigating police inspector is run over in a set up car accident. Neither is fully resolved. The real story is the present situation in Shanghai and China. Touches on high party corruption, control of media, internet usage to highlight and bring down corruption and how Internet is tried to be controlled by state. Interesting series as early books presented life of the pre-development era and through various stages of that process esp. the building and property boom which has led to explosive growth of riches for a very few but poverty for the masses.