num_pages: 174
description: A.D. 668Master 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 whipping her maidservant to death; and further mysteries lie in the shadows of the Shrine of the Black Fox.
language: English
title: Poets and Murder
titlecomplete: Poets and Murder
genres: Mystery, Fiction, China, Crime, Historical, Detective, Dutch Literature, Asia, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery
ratings_count: 933
places: China
series: Judge Dee , Judge Dee (Chronological order)
publisher: The University Of Chicago Press