The eight short stories in "Judge Dee at Work" cover a decade during which the judge served in four different provinces of the T'ang Empire. From the suspected treason of a general in the Chinese army to the murder of a lonely poet in...

Poisoned plums, a cryptic scroll picture, passionate love letters, and a hidden murderer with a penchant for torturing and killing women lead Judge Dee to the heart of the Governor's garden maze and the answers to three interwoven...

Master detective Judge Dee sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers that complicated passions lurk beneath the seemingly tranquil landscape of academic life. A student has been murdered; a beautiful poetess is accused of...

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...

"Halskette und Kalebasse" von Robert van Gulik ist ein historischer Kriminalroman, der auf alten chinesischen Originalquellen basiert. Der Roman folgt Richter Di, einer fiktiven Version des historischen Richters Di Renjie, der im China...

In den Bergen versteckt liegt die alte Stadt Han-yuan mit ihrem mysteriösen See, um den sich seltsame Geschichten ranken: Die Leichen der in ihm Ertrunkenen bleiben für immer verschwunden, aber ihr Geister tauchen zwischen den Lebenden...