The Murder of Mr. Ma

For fans of Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes films,this stunningswashbuckling series opener by a powerhouse duo of authors is at once comfortingly familiar and tantalizingly new. Two unlikely allies race through the cobbled streets of 1920s London in search of a killer targeting Chinese immigrants. London1924. When shy academic Lao She meets larger-than-life Judge Dee Ren Jiehis quiet 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 heΓÇÖd 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 with a butterfly sword. Will Dee and Lao be able to connect the threads of the murdersΓÇöor are they next in line as victims? Blending traditional gongΓÇÖan crime fiction with the most iconic aspects of the Sherlock Holmes canonDee and LaoΓÇÖs first adventure is as thrilling and visual as an action filmas imaginative and transportive as a timeless classic.