Clouds Part: Part One - Anecdotes of Lianjiang

Author: Dao Yu
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: Contemporary social documentary novel. On the night before her husband, Ma Chi, the Vice Mayor of Lianjiang City, returned from a business trip, Yi Juanhong, his wife, was murdered at home. After the Vice Mayor reported the case to the city bureau, they quickly launched an investigation. The mayor's wife, who had no enemies with anyone, was murdered in her own home, leaving everyone baffled. The city bureau's criminal police team leader Zhou Dayong and other officers actively investigated the case, adapting flexibly and following the clues, ultimately exposing the long-concealed exchanges of power, money, and sex hidden within the city committee's. In people's minds, the several city leaders, who were once admired and held in high regard, were involved in this extraordinary murder case, revealing a series of dirty secrets previously unknown. Mayor Wang Zhiqiang, holding high the banner of anti-corruption and integrity, instructed the city's disciplinary committee and the bureau to form a joint investigation team, bringing corrupt officials to trial.