Bibliograph

The Chinese gold murders, a Judge Dee detective story, Robert van Gulik ; with ten plates drawn by the author in Chinese style

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Label

The Chinese gold murders, a Judge Dee detective story, Robert van Gulik ; with ten plates drawn by the author in Chinese style

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The Chinese gold murders

Oclc number

54536990

Responsibility statement

Robert van Gulik ; with ten plates drawn by the author in Chinese style

Sub title

a Judge Dee detective story

Summary

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 shipownerMeanwhile, 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

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