Poets and Murder
 Poets and Murder is a gong'an detective novel written by Robert van Gulik and set in Imperial China (roughly speaking the Tang Dynasty). It is a fiction based on the real character of Judge Dee (Ti Jen-chieh or Di Renjie) a magistrate and statesman of the Tang court who lived roughly 630–700.The book features eight illustrations by the author along with a detailed layout of the residence where the action takes place.Poets and Murder was the last Judge Dee novel written by Robert van Gulik.