The Chinese Lake Murders
by Robert van Gulik
University of Chicago Press, 1979
Paper: 978-0-226-84865-5
Library of Congress Classification PR9130.9.G8C5 1979
Dewey Decimal Classification 823
ABOUT THIS BOOK
The Chinese Lake Murders describes how Judge Dee solves three difficult cases in A.D. 666, shortly after he has been appointed magistrate of Han-yuan.
"[Robert van Gulik] deftly interweaves three criminal cases involving exotic yet universally recognizable characters, then has his Judge Dee provide a surprising yet most plausible solution."—New York Times Book Review
"[Robert van Gulik] deftly interweaves three criminal cases involving exotic yet universally recognizable characters, then has his Judge Dee provide a surprising yet most plausible solution."—New York Times Book Review
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