Murder in Canton: A Judge Dee Mystery (Van Gulik Robert)(Paperback)

Murder in Canton: A Judge Dee Mystery (Van Gulik Robert)(Paperback)

Brought back into print in the 1990s to wide acclaim, re-designed new editions of Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee Mysteries are now available. Written by a Dutch diplomat and scholar during the 1950s and 1960s, these lively and historically accurate mysteries have entertained a devoted following for

Poets and Murder: A Judge Dee Mystery (Van Gulik Robert)(Paperback)

Judge Dee, the master detective of seventh-century China, sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers complex passions lurking beneath the placid surface of academic life. A mild-mannered student is rumored to have been slain by a fox-demon, while a young dancer meets her death as she

The Haunted Monastery: A Judge Dee Mystery (Van Gulik Robert)(Paperback)

Judge 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

The Red Pavilion: A Judge Dee Mystery (Van Gulik Robert)(Paperback)

A chance encounter with Autumn Moon, the most powerful courtesan on Paradise Island, leads Judge Dee to investigate three deaths. Although he finally teases the true story from a tangled history of passion and betrayal, Dee is saddened by the perversion, corruption, and waste of the world 'of

The Willow Pattern: A Judge Dee Mystery (Van Gulik Robert)(Paperback)

Judge Dee has been appointed emergency governor of the plague- and drought-ridden Imperial City. As his guards help the city fend off a popular uprising, an aristocrat from one of the oldest families in China suffers an 'accident' in a deserted mansion. In The Willow Pattern, the illustrious judge

The Emperor's Pearl: A Judge Dee Mystery (Van Gulik Robert)(Paperback)

It all begins on the night of the Poo-yang dragonboat races in 699 A.D.: a drummer in the leading boat collapses, and the body of a beautiful young woman turns up in a deserted country mansion. There, Judge Dee-tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger-steps in to investigate the murders

Judge Dee at Work: Eight Chinese Detective Stories (Van Gulik Robert)(Paperback)

The eight short stories in Judge Dee at Work cover a decade during which the judge served in four different provinces of the T'ang Empire. From the suspected treason of a general in the Chinese army to the murder of a lonely poet in his garden pavilion, the cases here are among the most memorable

The Chinese Maze Murders: A Judge Dee Mystery (Van Gulik Robert)(Paperback)

Poisoned plums, a cryptic scroll picture, passionate love letters, and a hidden murderer with a penchant for torturing and killing women lead Judge Dee to the heart of the Governor's garden maze and the answers to three interwoven mysteries. The Chinese Maze Murders represents Robert van Gulik's

The Monkey and the Tiger: Judge Dee Mysteries (Van Gulik Robert)(Paperback)

The 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 Chinese Gold Murders (Van Gulik Robert)(Paperback)

Necklace and Calabash: A Chinese Detective Story (Van Gulik Robert)(Paperback)

Brought back into print in the 1990s to wide acclaim, re-designed new editions of Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee Mysteries are now available. Written by a Dutch diplomat and scholar during the 1950s and 1960s, these lively and historically accurate mysteries have entertained a devoted following for

Death in a Cold Climate (Barnard Robert)(Paperback / softback)

A classic murder mystery from award winning crime writer, Robert

Late Scholar - A Gripping Oxford College Murder Mystery (Walsh Jill Paton)(Paperback / softback)

A gripping murder mystery featuring Lord Peter Wimsey - now a Duke - and his wife Harriet Vane, set in an Oxford college in the

Murder by Remote Control (Van De Wetering Janwillem)(Paperback)

Murder by Remote Control is an enjoyable entertainment that suceeds in demonstrating very effectively that this form of storytelling has a unique potential and can work a special kind of magic. ― Gahan Wilson, The New York Times. There's no lack of suspects when a notorious oil tycoon is murdered

Horus Killings (Amerotke Mysteries, Book 2) - A captivating murder mystery from Ancient Egypt (Doherty Paul)(Paperback / softback)

The second in the stirring and enthralling series set in Ancient Egypt and featuring Judge

The Sleeping Witness: A Father Gabriel Mystery (De Maria Fiorella)(Paperback)

In this unusual murder mystery, the tranquility of Saint Mary's Abbey is shattered by the discovery of a gruesome crime in a cottage on the abbey grounds. A foreign artist and war hero seeking refuge from the world has been murdered. Marie Paige, the frail, sickly wife of the village doctor, lies

Murder on Millionaires' Row: A Mystery (Lindsey Erin)(Paperback)

In Murder on Millionaires' Row, Erin Lindsey's debut historical mystery, a daring housemaid searches Gilded Age Manhattan for her missing employer and finds a hidden world of magic, ghosts, romance, and Pinkerton detectives. 'With a strong, likeable heroine and a well-drawn cast of characters,

Pick-ups (Walle Robert Van De)(Paperback / softback)

Anatomy of a Murder (Traver Robert)(Paperback)

First published by St. Martin's in 1958, Robert Traver's Anatomy of a Murder immediately became the number-one bestseller in America, and was subsequently turned into the now classic Otto Preminger film of the same name, starring Jimmy Stewart and Duke Ellington. It's not only the most popular

A Shimmer of Hummingbirds: A Birder Murder Mystery (Burrows Steve)(Paperback)

Book 4 in Steve Burrows's gripping Birder Murder mystery series Chief Inspector Domenic Jejeune hopes an overseas birding trip will hold some clues to solving his fugitive brother's manslaughter case. Meanwhile, in Jejeune's absence his long-time nemesis has been drafted in as cover to investigate

House of Shattered Wings (de Bodard Aliette)(Paperback / softback)

A superb murder mystery, on an epic scale, set against the fall out - literally - of a war in

Murder in the Snow - A Cotswold Christmas Mystery (Mitchell Gladys)(Paperback / softback)

Christmas Mystery 2 : The perfect murder mystery for Christmas 2021 - Moncrieff Ada

Murder stalks a touring stage production of A Christmas Carol in this 1930s-set festive mystery. Murder stalks a touring stage production of A Christmas Carol in this 1930s-set festive mystery. December 1935. Director Monty Harrison's production of A Christmas Carol has had a troubled run on its

A Cast of Falcons: A Birder Murder Mystery (Burrows Steve)(Paperback)

Book 3 in Steve Burrows' fabulous Birder Murder mystery series The threat from above casts a dark shadow. A man falls to his death from a cliff face in western Scotland. From a distance, another man watches. He approaches the body, tucks a book into the dead man's pocket, and leaves. When the