| Title | : | A Judge Dee Detective Story: Poets and Murder |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Robert Van Gulik |
| Release | : | 2013-05-30 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Mysteries & Thrillers, Books, Fiction & Literature, Classics |
| Size | : | 10216764 |
| In Judge Dee's day, the literary world of Ancient China was one where intense study and almost ritualized scholarship were the rule, with academics and students alike isolated in an atmosphere of reverent learning. But beneath the surface less exalted passions could erupt, such as murder—in this case the deaths of the student Soong and the dancer Small Phoenix. Visiting the Magistrate of Chin-hwa for the mid-autumn Festival, Judge Dee sets out to solve this puzzling double-mystery. The key to it seems to lie with a halfwit girl called Saffron, who guards the shrine of the Black Fox, situated in the wasteland bordering the town. From her the judge discovers that the murders may be connected with the case of General Mo, who was executed for treason eighteen years earlier...... |
