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Title: Phantom of the Temple: A Judge Dee Mystery
Author: Robert Van Gulik
ISBN: 9780226848778
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2007
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 1
Number of Pages: 214
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
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A diabolically clever puzzle mystery that could only be solved by Judge Dee, a detective the Los Angeles Times ranked with Sherlock HolmesJudge Dee presided over his imperial Chinese court with a unique brand of Confucian justice. A near mythic figure in China, he distinguished himself as a tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger. Long after his death, accounts of his exploits were celebrated in Chinese folklore, and later immortalized by Robert van Gulik in his electrifying The Phantom of the Temple, three separate puzzles–the disappearance of a wealthy merchant’s daughter, twenty missing bars of gold, and a decapitated corpse–are pieced together by the clever judge to solve three murders and one complex, gruesome plot.
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