Author Description

THERE IS BEAUTY IN REVENGE Magistrate Tao Jun hates the bureaucratic part of his job. But when a routine assignment turns deadly, he’s (happily) on the case. That is until he finds the handiwork of a serial killer from his past—one that he put to death personally. As he digs into each shocking murder, he finds: messages written in blood, a fan boy, a perverted nobleman, and, of course, the gruesome handiwork of the Sickle Killer. And somehow, at the heart of it all, is the Jade Beauty—a woman people would kill to possess. Well, chasing bad guys across rooftops is more fun than paperwork anyway. Set amid the Tales of the Swordsman and the Tales of the Jianghu series, this is a detective story with wuxia action (a futou-noir story, if you will). This story follows beloved (and totally corrupt) Magistrate Tao Jun, and his dry and irreverent take on the jianghu and the bureaucracy of being a magistrate. If you like classic wuxia and detective stories, dust off your favorite sword (wipe off those bloodstains—no one needs to see that), and head over to the magistrate’s office for THE HANDS OF REVENGE.