The Sexes: Gumshoes and 'Mistress-Killers'

Newsweek, May, 2005 by Jonathan Ansfield

Ten days after He Yuxiu hired the Sherlock Holmes agency, the firm called with bittersweet news: investigators had found what she was looking for. Get to the guesthouse as soon as possible, one agent told He. She didn't need to hear the address. The Sichuan housewife and her husband, Wen Youming, were joint owners of a little lodging place in Sichuan's capital, Chengdu. A local TV crew was at the house when He arrived, brought in by Holmes to catch the whole scene on camera. The group kicked down the bedroom door. Inside, He's husband was with a petite young woman Wen called his "business partner." The pair was buck naked. "Today I got you both!" yelled He.

The camera crew's footage turned the sad-eyed matron into a hero for many local women. Late last year it became one of...

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