Death of a Red Mandarin — Christopher West

When the body of a Chinese official is found dead in Hong Kong's harbor, his wrists handcuffed behind his back, Inspector Wang Anzhuang is sent to investigate. What he finds is a link that connects the dead man to Triad smugglers and a black market in pirated software.

On the brink of Hong Kong's handover to China, Beijing officials want everyone to believe the murder is a British plot to make the Chinese look bad. But Wang can't ignore the signs that the man's death may be tied to his past in China -- a past even his superiors in the People's Republic want to keep secret ...