num_pages: 198
description: A.D. 666Judge 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 judge calls it murder. Recalling the allegedly accidental deaths of three young women in the same monastery Judge Dee seeks clues in the eyes of a cat to solve cases of impersonation and murder. A painting by one of the victims reveals the truth about the killings propelling the judge on a quest for justice and revenge.Entertaining instructive and impressive.Times Literary Supplement
language: English
title: The Haunted Monastery
publisher: University of Chicago Press