The Red Pavilion (Judge Dee (Chronological order) #9)

Robert van Gulik


Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
4.00 · 12 ratings · 179 pages · Published: 1961

The Red Pavilion by Robert van Gulik
The Festival of the Dead is a busy time on Paradise Island, a Chinese town devoted to the gentle arts of gambling, prostitution, and generally fleecing its visitors.

Judge Dee arrives to find himself involved with an enticing young courtesan - and a gruesome trio of unusually fiendish Chinese murders. The scene of the crimes is the Red Pavillion, where Judge Dee just happens to be staying - much to the discomfort of the men who run Paradise Island.

Amidst the Plum blossom, the debauchery, and frequent cups of tea, this Maigret of the Tang dynasty and his henchman Ma Joong quietly solve another Oriental mystery.

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