num_pages: 215
description: A.D. 666The Chinese Lake Murders describes how Judge Dee solves three difficult cases in A.D. 666, shortly after he has been appointed magistrate of Han-yuan."[Robert van Gulik] deftly interweaves three criminal cases involving exotic yet universally recognizable characters, then has his Judge Dee provide a surprising yet most plausible solution."--New York Times Book ReviewRobert Van Gulik (1910-67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. He drew his plots from the whole body of Chinese literature, especially from the popular detective novels that first appeared in the seventeenth century.
language: English
title: The Chinese Lake Murders
titlecomplete: The Chinese Lake Murders (Rechter Tie-mysteries, #5)
genres: Crime, Historical, China, Detective, Asia, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Historical Mystery, Mystery
ratings_count: 1461
series: Judge Dee , Judge Dee (Chronological order)
publisher: University Of Chicago Press