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Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee
Author: Robert Hans van Gulik
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1976-01-01
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0486233375
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Tells of a celebrated seventh-century Chinese magistrate's investigation of a double murder among traveling merchants, the fatal poisoning of a bride on her wedding night, and a murder in a small town
Judge Dee at Work
Author: Robert van Gulik
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010-07-15
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 0226848981
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The eight short stories in Judge Dee at Work cover a decade during which the judge served in four different provinces of the T’ang Empire. From the suspected treason of a general in the Chinese army to the murder of a lonely poet in his garden pavilion, the cases here are among the most memorable in the Judge Dee series.
The Chinese Nail Murders
Author: Robert Hans van Gulik
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1977-11-15
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780226848631
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Judge Dee and his helpers investigate a series of murders despite pressure to solve them quickly.
The Haunted Monastery
Author: Robert van Gulik
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010-11-15
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0226849082
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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 Lake Murders
Author: Robert Van Gulik
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2005-02-15
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 0060751401
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
The Emperor's Pearl
Author: Robert van Gulik
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010-10-15
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 0226849074
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →It all begins on the night of the Poo-yang dragonboat races in 699 A.D.: a drummer in the leading boat collapses, and the body of a beautiful young woman turns up in a deserted country mansion. There, Judge Dee—tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger—steps in to investigate the murders and return order to the Tang Dynasty. In The Emperor’s Pearl, the judge discovers that these two deaths are connected by an ancient tragedy involving a near-legendary treasure stolen from the Imperial Harem one hundred years earlier. The terrifying figure of the White Lady, a river goddess enshrined on a bloodstained altar, looms in the background of the investigation. Clues are few and elusive, but under the expert hand of Robert van Gulik, this mythic jigsaw puzzle assembles itself into a taut mystery. “If you have not yet discovered Judge Dee and his faithful Sgt. Hoong, I envy you that initial pleasure which comes from the discovery of a great detective story. For the magistrate of Poo-yang belongs in that select group of fictional detectives headed by the renowned Sherlock Holmes.”—Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times “The title of this book and the book itself have much in common. Each is a jewel, a rare and precious find.”—Atlanta Times
The Haunted Monastery and The Chinese Maze Murders
Author: Robert Hans van Gulik
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1977-01-01
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 0486235025
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Necklace and Calabash
Author: Robert van Gulik
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010-11-15
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 0226849023
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Brought back into print in the 1990s to wide acclaim, re-designed new editions of Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee Mysteries are now available. Written by a Dutch diplomat and scholar during the 1950s and 1960s, these lively and historically accurate mysteries have entertained a devoted following for decades. Set during the T'ang dynasty, they feature Judge Dee, a brilliant and cultured Confucian magistrate disdainful of personal luxury and corruption, who cleverly selects allies to help him navigate the royal courts, politics, and ethnic tensions in imperial China. Robert van Gulik modeled Judge Dee on a magistrate of that name who lived in the seventh century, and he drew on stories and literary conventions of Chinese mystery writing dating back to the Sung dynasty to construct his ingenious plots. Necklace and Calabash finds Judge Dee returning to his district of Poo-yang, where the peaceful town of Riverton promises a few days' fishing and relaxation. Yet a chance meeting with a Taoist recluse, a gruesome body fished out of the river, strange guests at the Kingfisher Inn, and a princess in distress thrust the judge into one of the most intricate and baffling mysteries of his career. An expert on the art and erotica as well as the literature, religion, and politics of China, van Gulik also provides charming illustrations to accompany his engaging and entertaining mysteries.
Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law
Author: Lavie Tidhar
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 2020-11-11
Total Pages: 29
ISBN-13: 1250791472
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →No vampire is ever innocent in Lavie Tidhar's "Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law", a Tor.com Original short story The wandering Judge Dee serves as judge, jury, and executioner for any vampire who breaks the laws designed to safeguard their kind’s survival. This new case in particular puts his mandate to the test. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
