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Murder in Canton: A Judge Dee Mystery

Murder in Canton: A Judge Dee Mystery

by Robert van Gulik (Author)

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    Illustrated 2004

    $21.18
Synopsis

Murder in Canton takes place in 680 A.D. Judge Dee, recently promoted to Lord Chief Justice, is sent incognito to Canton to investigate the disappearance of a court censor. With the help of his trusted lieutenants Chiao Tai and Tao Gan, and that of a clever blind girl who collects crickets, Dee solves the traditional three puzzles - The Vanished Censor, The Smaragdine Dancer, and The Golden Bell.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 216
 Edition: Univ of Chicago PR ed.
 Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 15 Sep 2004
ISBN 10: 0226848744
ISBN 13: 9780226848747

Author Bio
Robert Van Gulik (1910-67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. He drew his plots from the whole body of Chinese literature, especially from the popular detective novels that first appeared in the seventeenth century.