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Informationen zum Autor Robert van Gulik (1910-67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. His many works include sixteen Judge Dee mysteries, a study of the gibbon in China, and two books on the Chinese lute. Klappentext Judge Dee and his entourage, seeking refuge from a mountain storm, become trapped in a Taoist monastery, where the Abbott Jade mysteriously dies after delivering an ecstatic sermon. The monks call it a supernatural experience, but the judge calls it murder. Recalling the allegedly accidental deaths of three young women in the same monastery, Judge Dee seeks clues in the eyes of a cat to solve cases of impersonation and murder. A painting by one of the victims reveals the truth about the killings, propelling the judge on a quest for justice and revenge."Entertaining, instructive, and impressive."--"Times Literary Supplement" Zusammenfassung The Abbot of a Taoist Monastery is dead after delivering an ecstatic sermon. The monks call it a supernatural experience! but the judge calls it murder. Recalling the allegedly accidental deaths of three young women in the same monastery! Judge Dee seeks clues in the eyes of a cat to solve cases of impersonation and murder.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Hans Van Gulik, robert hans von Gulik, Robert Van Gulik, Robert van Gulik
• Publisher: External catalogues_US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.1997
• EAN: 9780226848792
• ISBN: 978-0-226-84879-2
• Dimensions: 125 mm x 180 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Judge Dee Mystery; Richter Di-Romane; Judge Dee Mystery; Richter Di-Romane
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense