A Republican-Era Record of Criminal Investigations

In the early 1910s, the mysterious deaths of several women workers in a textile factory dormitory sent shockwaves through Shanghai. This was the third murder that month. Every victim had been gouged in both eyes and had her tongue cut out, leaving her in a horrific state. Lu Yu, an inspector with the Central Police Station, and private detective Xu Nian crossed paths because of the case. Xu Nian had been hired by the victim's fiancé, Wang Zixuan, to investigate. The case led them to a jewelry heist at Hongxin Jewelers ten years earlier. From mutual distrust to working together, the two reopened the investigation into the Hongxin Jewelers robbery...