Murder in Dongbei: The Crime That Shocked China

Outsiders have long shunned Northeastern China’s bitter winters.

As the economy thaws in the 90s, reluctant workers and traders drift into its isolated townships, then seem to vanish into thin air. As rumours centering around the mystery in Nehe circulate, travellers must weigh up the promise of opportunity against local warnings.

Authorities grow increasingly concerned about these disappearances, and a plot involving blackmail and kidnapping comes to light, far worse than anyone could have imagined. 

Using her twenty years of experience as a police officer, Huang Rong brings together harrowing letters from the woman at the centre of the crimes and insight from the lead investigator who cracked the case to tell the true story of one of the country’s most shocking mass murder cases.