num_pages: 144
description: A.D. 666 and A.D. 676The Monkey and The Tiger includes two detective stories, "The Morning of the Monkey" and "The Night of the Tiger." In the first, a gibbon drops an emerald in the open gallery of Dee's official residence, leading the judge to discover a strangely mutilated body in the woods--and how it got there. In the second, Dee is traveling to the imperial capital to assume a new position when he is separated from his escort by a flood. Marooned in a large country house surrounded by fierce bandits, Dee confronts an apparition that helps him solve a mystery.
language: English
title: The Monkey and The Tiger
titlecomplete: The Monkey and The Tiger
genres: Historical, Crime, Mystery, Asia, Historical Mystery, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Detective, Dutch Literature, China
ratings_count: 866
series: Judge Dee (Chronological order), Judge Dee 
publisher: University of Chicago Press