Magical Realism

The Fox Wife

by Yangsze Choo

In 1908 Manchuria, a detective with an extraordinary sense of smell investigates the death of a courtesan amid rumors of fox spirits who take human form. A mystery woven with Chinese folklore, where the supernatural is as real as the empire's collapse.

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