num_pages: 628
description: A Confucian investigator and dedicated judge puts his own life in jeopardy by exposing the bloody machinations of the emperor's concubine, who is murdering her way to the top of seventh-century China's T'ang dynasty. Reprint.
language: English
title: Deception: A Novel of Mystery and Madness in Ancient China
titlecomplete: Deception: A Novel of Mystery and Madness in Ancient China
genres: Fiction, Historical, Mystery, China, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 134
series: T'ang Trilogy
publisher: Avon Books