Pig Out

I had no idea there were so many Chinese New Year-related mysteries available. With the latest Year of the Pig kicking off today, Mystery Fanfare’s Janet Rudolph offers a list of mystery novels and short stories closely linked to the start of the new year on the traditional Chinese calendar. Beyond those selections, she has compiled a longer rundown of other crime-fiction works set in China and Taiwan.

READ MORE: “Crime and the City: Chinatowns,” by Paul French (CrimeReads).