Judge Dee

The Chinese Bell Murders
It's never easy reviewing a classic; obviously it is good or it wouldn't be regarded as such, and i...
The Chinese Gold Murders
In this, the second book in Robert van Gulik's classic mystery series of ancient China, Judge D...
The Chinese Lake Murders
The Chinese Lake Murders describes how Judge Dee solves three difficult cases in A.D. 666, shortly...
The Chinese Maze Murders
Judge Dee must solve three complex mysteries in this case. Poisoned plums, secret messages in a scr...
Poets and Murder
A.D. 668 Master detective Judge Dee sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discover...
Necklace and Calabash
A.D. 668 Due to its proximity to the Water Palace, the summer residence of the Emperor's fa...
Judge Dee at Work
A.D. 663, 666, 668, 670 The eight short stories in Judge Dee at Work cover a decade during...
The Phantom of the Temple
A.D. 670 On a wooded hill in the Lan-fang district, a phantom stalks in a century-old Buddh...
Murder in Canton
A.D. 681 Murder In Canton takes place in 680 A.D. Judge Dee, recently promoted to Lord Chie...
The Willow Pattern
A.D. 677 As Judge Dee copes with the administration of the plague-ridden Imperial Capital,...
The Monkey and the Tiger
A.D. 666 and A.D. 676 The Monkey and The Tiger includes two detective stories, "The Morning...
The Emperor's Pearl
It all begins on the night of the Poo-yang dragonboat races in 699 A.D.: a drummer in the leadi...
The Lacquer Screen
A.D. 663 Early in his career, Judge Dee visits a senior magistrate who shows him a beautifu...
The Red Pavilion
A chance encounter with Autumn Moon, the most powerful courtesan on Paradise Island, leads Judg...
The Chinese Nail Murders
The ancient Chinese detective Judge Dee returns for a fourth and final time in The Chinese Nail...