Speaker of Mandarin
213 pages
|Published: 1 Jan 1983
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ISBN: 9780345302748
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Fawcett Books
Publication date: 12 August 1984
Description
Chief Inspector Wexford is in China, visiting ancient tombs and palaces with a group of British tourists. After their return to England, one of his fellow tourists is found murdered. As he questions other members of the group, Wexford finds secrets of greed, treachery, theft, and adultery, leading the distressed inspector to ask not who is innocent, but who is least guilty . . .