The Haunted Monastery and The Chinese Maze Murders

Author: Robert Hans van Gulik
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486235025
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354

Book Description
In 'The Haunted Monastery', Judge Dee and his wives seek refuge from a violent mountain storm and are plunged into a bizarre series of interrelated crimes. Three women have been murdered in the monastery; Dee has seen something impossible, perhaps supernatural, and inexplicable events flash forth in the dark tangle of corridors and the Taoist Hell - a hall filled with statuary showing realistically the torments of Hell.

The Chinese Nail Murders

Author: Robert Hans van Gulik
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226848631
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
Judge Dee and his helpers investigate a series of murders despite pressure to solve them quickly.

The Chinese Lake Murders

Author: Robert Van Gulik
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060751401
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
In the third installment of Robert Van Gulik's classic ancient Chinese mystery series based on historical court records, magistrate, lawyer, and detective Judge Dee has his work cut out for him. Set in 666 A.D., in the hidden city of Han-yuan, sixty miles from the imperial capital of ancient China, Dee is sent to investigate a case of embezzlement of government funds. But things are about to get more complicated for the great detective. Just before he is about to take leave of Han-yuan, the popular courtesan Almond Blossom disappears, and then a bride who dies on her wedding night also disappears from her coffin -- her body replaced with that of a murdered man. To make matters worse, Judge Dee is confronted with the dangerous sect called the White Lotus.

Dee Goong An (Three Murder Cases Solved)

Author:
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1667681702
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341

Book Description
First published in the eighteenth century, Dee Goong An chronicles three of Judge Dee's celebrated cases, woven together into a novel. A double murder among merchants, the fatal poisoning of a new bride, and an unsolved murder in a small town — these crimes launch Judge Dee down the great silk routes and even into graveyards to consult the spirits of the dead. With his keen analytical wit, can he discover the killers? First of the Judge Dee books, translated by Robert van Gulik.

Midnight in Peking

Author: Paul French
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101580380
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 263

Book Description
Winner of the both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the CWA Non-Fiction Dagger from the author of City of Devils Chronicling an incredible unsolved murder, Midnight in Peking captures the aftermath of the brutal killing of a British schoolgirl in January 1937. The mutilated body of Pamela Werner was found at the base of the Fox Tower, which, according to local superstition, is home to the maliciously seductive fox spirits. As British detective Dennis and Chinese detective Han investigate, the mystery only deepens and, in a city on the verge of invasion, rumor and superstition run rampant. Based on seven years of research by historian and China expert Paul French, this true-crime thriller presents readers with a rare and unique portrait of the last days of colonial Peking.

The Chinese Maze Murders

Author: Robert van Gulik
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226849090
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
Poisoned plums, a cryptic scroll picture, passionate love letters, and a hidden murderer with a penchant for torturing and killing women lead Judge Dee to the heart of the Governor’s garden maze and the answers to three interwoven mysteries. The Chinese Maze Murders represents Robert van Gulik’s first venture into writing suspense novels after the success of Dee Gong An, his translation of an anonymous Chinese detective novel from the sixteenth century.

The Chinese Gold Murders

Author: Robert Hans Van Gulik
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226848648
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214

Book Description
A series of bizarre and intriguing murders greet young Judge Dee when he accepts the post of magistrate of Peng-lai, a port city on the northeast coast of Shantung Province in seventh-century Imperial China

The Haunted Monastery

Author: Robert van Gulik
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226849082
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209

Book Description
Judge Dee and his entourage, seeking refuge from a mountain storm, become trapped in a Taoist monastery, where the Abbott Jade mysteriously dies after delivering an ecstatic sermon. The monks call it a supernatural experience, but the judge calls it murder. Recalling the allegedly accidental deaths of three young women in the same monastery, Judge Dee seeks clues in the eyes of a cat to solve cases of impersonation and murder. A painting by one of the victims reveals the truth about the killings, propelling the judge on a quest for justice and revenge. "Entertaining, instructive, and impressive."—Times Literary Supplement

The Chinese Maze Murders

Author: Robert Hans van Gulik
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dee Jen-Djieh (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 314

Book Description

The Chinese Maze Murders

Author: Robert Van Gulik
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780747401773
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
One of a series of five detective stories set in 7th century China when the judge was also the detective. Judge Dee has three murders to solve and there is an obvious suspect who everyone else wants to put on trial, but he is suspicious and manages to track down the real murderer.