The Monkey and the Tiger: Two Chinese Detective Stories
by Robert Hans Van Gulik
from University Of Chicago Press
The Willow Pattern
by Robert Hans Van Gulik
from Scribner Book Company
The Emperor's Pearl
by Robert Hans Van Gulik
from Macmillan Pub Co
Murder in Canton
by Robert Hans Van Gulik
from Macmillan Pub Co
Chinese Bell Murders (Judge Dee Mystery)
Meet Judge Dee, the detective lauded as the "Sherlock Holmes of ancient China"
Fans of Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series will thrill to this reissue of the first volume in Robert van Gulik's classic Chinese Murders series. The Chinese Bell Murders introduces the great Judge Dee, a magistrate of the city of Poo-yang in ancient China.
In the spirit of ancient Chinese detective novels, Judge Dee is challenged by three cases. First, he must solve the mysterious murder of Pure Jade, a young girl living on Half Moon Street. All the evidence points to the guilt of her lover, but Judge Dee has his doubts. Dee also solves the mystery of a deserted temple and that of a group of monks' terrific success with a cure for barren women.
Lore of the Chinese Lute
Chinese Gold Murders (Judge Dee Mystery)
In this, the second book in Robert van Gulik's classic mystery series of ancient China, Judge Dee must look into the murder of his predecessor. His job is complicated by the simultaneous disappearance of his chief clerk and the new bride of a wealthy local shipowner.
Meanwhile, a tiger is terrorizing the district, the ghost of the murdered magistrate stalks the tribunal, a prostitute has a secret message for Dee, and the body of a murdered monk is discovered to be in the wrong grave. In the end, the judge, with his deft powers of deduction, uncovers the one cause for all of these seemingly unrelated events.
The Chinese nail murders (A Judge Dee mystery)
The lacquer screen: A Chinese detective story
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