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The Chinese Bell Murders: A Judge Dee Detective Story

by Robert Van Gulik

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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 seri... Read more

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.

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File size8 X 5.31 X 0.65 in
Print pages288
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date August 3, 2004
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780060728885
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Robert Van Gulik
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Robert van Gulik (1910–67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. His many works include sixteen Judge Dee mysteries, a study of the gibbon in China, and two books on ...

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