Chinese Bell Murders, The

✍ Scribed by Gulik, Robert van

• Book ID: 108779506
• Publisher: Sphere Books
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1 MB
• Series: Judge Dee 3
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 0747401756

✦ Synopsis

Version 4 - proofed Meet Judge Dee, the detective lauded as the "Sherlock Holmes of ancient China" Fans of Alexander McCall Smith’s No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series will thrill to this reissue of the first volume in Robert van Gulik’s classic Chinese Murders series. The Chinese Bell Murders introduces the great Judge Dee, a magistrate of the city of Poo-yang in ancient China. In the spirit of ancient Chinese detective novels, Judge Dee is challenged by three cases. First, he must solve the mysterious murder of Pure Jade, a young girl living on Half Moon Street. All the evidence points to the guilt of her lover, but Judge Dee has his doubts. Dee also solves the mystery of a deserted temple and that of a group of monks’ terrific success with a cure for barren women.