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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...Read more
A.D. 670
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.
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Judge Dee, the Sherlock Holmes of seventh century China, faces three dark and perplexing claims...The headless corpse of a woman is found lying on her bed, covered with blood, and brother accuses her husband of committing the crime...A distinguish boxer is poisoned in the bath-house,...Read more