The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
Choo’s latest is a glorious blend of historical, mystery, and folklore. In 1908 Manchuria, a young woman is found frozen in the snow, her death thought to be caused by fox spirits. Detective Bao is assigned her case, and, as a result, may finally be brought closer to the beautiful fox gods he’s always been intrigued by. Elsewhere in the narrative is a cursed family that runs a Chinese medicine shop. Their sons have all died before their 24th birthdays, and their grandson is now 23. When a woman shows up, it seems their curse is finally broken, but is this woman as modest as she presents to be, or a fox spirit?
