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The Lacquer Screen
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Product Description
Wei-Ping, China AD 663. An antique screen of haunting beauty, a family curse, vile crimes committed in high circles and low in China's great T'ang Empire -- and Judge Dee, magistrate/detective, masquerading as a crime boss and on the trail of embezzlement, fraud ...and murder.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #352003 in Books
- Published on: 2002-08-31
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 160 pages
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
Wei-Ping, China AD 663. An antique screen of haunting beauty, a family curse, vile crimes committed in high circles and low in China's great T'ang Empire -- and Judge Dee, magistrate/detective, masquerading as a crime boss and on the trail of embezzlement, fraud ...and murder.
About the Author
Robert van Gulik
Customer Reviews
Gripping
Like all Judge Dee books this is gripping story. Just when you think the crime solved, there is a new development and everything changes.
I also enjoy learning about how the Chinese lived during the Ming period as van Gulik is an expert in this field.
