Death Notice

By Zhou Haohui

'Serial killers turn up all the time in crime fiction, but few are as patient or as devious as the murderer in Zhou Haohui's Death Notice. This extraordinary novel is the first in a trilogy, and it is already China's bestselling crime series to date' Sunday Times
THE LAW IS WEAK
For nearly two decades an unsolved double homicide has haunted Sergeant Zheng Haoming of the Chengdu Police Department.
I OFFER REAL JUSTICE
Now it looks as if the long-dormant killer has resurfaced, taunting law enforcement with 'death notices' proclaiming their next victim and the date of 'execution'. Perhaps modern police techniques – criminal profiling, online surveillance, SWAT teams – can catch a killer who previously evaded justice? Or perhaps this killer is more than a match for the Chengdu Police Department.
ONE SENTENCE: DEATH
Death Notice is the first book in the Chinese crime series phenomenon: a high-octane, high-concept cat-and-mouse thriller that adds an exhilarating new gear to the police procedural. The second book in the series, Fate is out in December 2020.
Reviews for Death Notice:
'Fiendishly inventive' Wall Street Journal

'Extraordinary' Sunday Times

'A perfect cat-and-mouse killer' Book Riot

'A compulsive and particularly ingenious read and a first-class mystery' Crime Time

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release date: Jun 14, 2018
• ISBN: 9781786699398

Zhou Haohui

A leading contemporary master of suspense in China, Zhou Haohui is the author of more than ten novels exploring the intersection of human nature, criminal motive, and the art of detection. His books include Killing Notice, The Evil Hypnotist, The Horrific Picture, and The Ghost Mountain. His works have been translated into French, English, Korean, and Japanese, and many have been adapted for film and television. Born in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Zhou received his master's degree in engineering from Tsinghua University.

Reviews for Death Notice

[reallifereading · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

An action-packed crime thriller set in China that sold more than 1 million print copies and is now published in English. The killer styles himself as an avenger of unpunished crimes, calling himself Eumenides & sending out death notices listing their crimes and date of execution. This is the first book in a trilogy has a complicated plot & sometimes stilted dialogue but it was a pretty exciting page turner!

[herschelian · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Zhou Haohui is a popular crime writer here in China and with good reason, this is a gripping police procedural about an elite squad in Chengdu who are on the trail of a serial killer. Death Notice is the first book of a trilogy, but the only one to have been translated into English so far. I can't wait for the other books to be translated. It some ways it reminds me of the Scandi-Crime books by Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo, but at the same time it is very Chinese. Fascinating insights into modern China and how the police force there operates, and with an interesting cast of characters. It has been superbly translated by Zac HaluzaIf you are a crime fiction fan, this is a MUST read.