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A Judge Dee Detective Story

The Chinese Bell Murders

The Chinese Bell Murders


by Robert Van Gulik

  • MYSTERY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

The first in a series of historical mysteries, featuring a Tang-era Chinese magistrate, rich in details of court and daily life in ancient China. (CHN286, $13.99)

The Chinese Gold Murders

The Chinese Gold Murders


by Robert Van Gulik

  • MYSTERY
  • 2004
  • PAPER

These historical mysteries, featuring a Tang-era Chinese magistrate, are taken from the tradition of Chinese detective novels. Apart from the pleasure of the elaborate plots, the books are rich in details of court and daily life in ancient China. (CHN289, $13.99)

The Chinese Lake Murders

The Chinese Lake Murders


by Robert Van Gulik

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

These historical mysteries, featuring a Tang-era Chinese magistrate, are taken from the tradition of Chinese suspense novels. Apart from the pleasure of the elaborate plots, the books are rich in details of court and daily life in ancient China. (CHN288, $13.99)

The Chinese Nail Murders

The Chinese Nail Murders


by Robert Van Gulik

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER

These historical mysteries, featuring a Tang-era Chinese magistrate, follow the tradition of ancient Chinese suspense novels. Apart from the pleasure of the elaborate plots, the books are rich in details of court and daily life in ancient China. (CHN292, $13.99)

The Emperor's Pearl

The Emperor's Pearl


by Robert Van Gulik

  • MYSTERY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 186 PAGES

In this installment the time is 699 A.D. The place is Poo-yang, where Judge Dee must investigate two deaths -- the heart failure of a rower in the annual boat race and a murder committed in a deserted country estate. (CHN296, $12.00)

The Haunted Monastery

The Haunted Monastery


by Robert Van Gulik

  • MYSTERY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 198 PAGES

With its fascinating detours into Tao and Confucian thought, this brilliant short novel has it all -- a terrific setting in a remote mountain monastery, young women in trouble, a nasty murderer and a genuine hero in Judge Dee. (CHN297, $12.00)

Judge Dee at Work, Eight Chinese Detective Stories

Judge Dee at Work, Eight Chinese Detective Stories


by Robert Van Gulik

  • MYSTERY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 174 PAGES

A collection of eight cases from the long career of the magistrate, originally published in 1967. (CHN299, $12.00)

The Monkey and the Tiger, Two Chinese Detective Stories

The Monkey and the Tiger, Two Chinese Detective Stories


by Robert Hans Van Gulik

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 152 PAGES

These historical mysteries, featuring a Tang-era Chinese magistrate, are taken from the tradition of Chinese detective novels. Apart from the pleasure of the elaborate plots, the books are rich in details of court and daily life in ancient China. (CHN290, $12.00)

Murder in Canton

Murder in Canton


by Robert Hans Van Gulik

  • MYSTERY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

These historical mysteries, featuring a Tang-era Chinese magistrate, follow the tradition of ancient Chinese detective novels. Apart from the pleasure of the elaborate plots, the books are rich in details of court and daily life in ancient China. (CHN291, $15.00)

Necklace and Calabash

Necklace and Calabash


by Robert Van Gulik

  • MYSTERY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 152 PAGES

In this novel, Van Gulik's penultimate tale, set in a river town in his home district of Poo-yang, Judge Dee's vacation is interrupted by murder. (CHN293, $15.00)

The Phantom of the Temple, A Judge Dee Mystery

The Phantom of the Temple, A Judge Dee Mystery


by Robert Hans Van Gulik

  • MYSTERY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 214 PAGES

Three murders and stolen gold are tied together by one sinister plot in this creepy entry in the always-entertaining Jude Dee series. (CHN439, $13.00)

Poets and Murder

Poets and Murder


by Robert Van Gulik

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 184 PAGES

In this satisyingly complex tale set in the imperial academy, Judge Dee puzzles over a double-murder of a young student and a dancer. Orginally published in 1968, this is the last ofd Van Gulik's many books based on the life of a ancient Chinese magistrate. (CHN294, $12.00)

The Red Pavilion

The Red Pavilion


by Robert Van Gulik

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 185 PAGES

These historical mysteries, featuring a Tang-era Chinese magistrate, are taken from the tradition of Chinese suspense novels. Apart from the pleasure of the elaborate plots, the books are rich in details of court and daily life in ancient China. (CHN287, $12.00)

The Willow Pattern

The Willow Pattern


by Robert Hans Van Gulik

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

Judge Dee, the emergency governor of the plague-infested, half-deserted Imperial City, has to contend with the murder of a nobleman, a nearly drowned courtesan, a popular uprising and much more. Gulik weaves Chinese life, history and culture into this suspenseful mystery. (CHN554, $12.00)

 

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