In 1932, Shanghai is gripped by intrigue and uncertainty. Shen Ying, the Republic of China's only female chief detective, is drawn into a bizarre series of skinning murders involving powerful families across Jiangnan. With no one to turn to, she accidentally opens a “time gate” at a blood-soaked crime scene, connecting it to the forensic center of an abandoned police bureau in the modern day, in 2026.
Fingerprint analysis, luminol, DNA sequencers... When cutting-edge forensic technology from the future arrives in the Republic of China, filthy murders concealed by feudal clans are laid bare in an instant!
Facing assassination attempts by Japanese collaborators and pressure from warlords, Shen Qinghe reaches into a modern police supply warehouse and pulls out a bulletproof vest and a compact submachine gun, bringing some old-fashioned physical justice to the streets of the Republic of China.
“Report, sir! Detective Shen didn't just make the dead talk. She also used a magical weapon called an RPG to wipe out the Special Higher Police's stronghold!”
From cracking a string of brutal cases behind mansion gates to building a time-spanning resistance force to hunt down traitors, Shen Ying draws on advice from modern-day online allies and wields technology like a blade, tearing through the darkness of the old society and fighting her way through the chaos!
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Please do not imitate.
