The Chinese Nail Murders: A Judge Dee Detective Story, Paperback

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Reducere. 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...

Reducere. Judge Dee, the master detective of seventh-century China, sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers complex passions lurking beneath...

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'A sophisticated and brilliant dissection of nihilistic power' Times Literary Supplement From his prison cell, Antonio Martens, an interrogator for...

Long before Western writers had even conceived the idea of writing detective stories, the Chinese had developed a long tradition of literary works ...

Reducere. 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...

A crime and a six-decade cover-up: the death of a fashion designer in the cesspit of vice and violence that was 1950s London.

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The Heart-Shaped Murders by Denise N. Wheatley Catching killers is her specialty... until one follows her homePublisher: HarperCollins PublishersAu...

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Publisher: ReadZone Books LimitedAuthor(s): Dee PhillipsNumber of pages: 48Collection: Yesterday's VoicePublication date: 2014Dimensions: 185 x 145...

Detective Morales becomes immersed in a chilling case set on the icy seas of Quebec's remote Magdalen Islands, in the midst of a brutal seal hunt. ...

Reducere. In this, the second book in Robert van Gulik's classic mystery series of ancient China, Judge Dee must look into the murder of his predecessor. His...

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Winner of the Aventis Science Book Prize. 'A scientific detective story, a brilliant cross between Edgar Allan Poe and Gray's anatomy' J G Ballard,...

A crime thrillerPublisher: The Conrad PressAuthor(s): Barry MorganNumber of pages: 384Collection: The Detective Robert Steele seriesPublication dat...

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The seven stories in 'A Nail, A Rose' confirm Madeleine Bourdouxhe's status as an under-appreciated master of the form. Like her critically lauded ...

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A practical guide on how to work out your Chinese horoscope.

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For more than 30 years, retired Ontario Provincial Police Sergeant Barry Ruhl has believed that a criminal with whom he had a violent encounter ear...

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Reducere. A ninety year old multiple murder solved by forensic science and a coincidence.

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