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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Published: Apr 2009
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural
Retail Price: $12.00
Pages: 198
PJudge 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 of three young women in the same monastery, Judge Dee seeks clues in the eyes of a cat to solve cases of impersonation and murder. A painting by one of the victims reveals the truth about the killings, propelling the judge on a quest for justice and revenge./PP"Entertaining, instructive, and impressive."—ITimes Literary Supplement/P