{"product_id":"emperors-pearl-a-judge-dee-mystery-univ-of-chicago-pr","title":"Emperor's Pearl: A Judge Dee Mystery (Univ of Chicago PR)","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eEmperor's Pearl: A Judge Dee Mystery (Univ of Chicago PR)\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRobert Van Gulik\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780226848723\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2008\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e192\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fiendishly clever mystery that can only be unraveled by the unflappable Judge Dee, whom the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e ranked with Sherlock Holmes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The latest puzzling mystery facing Jude Dee 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 and return order to the Tang Dynasty. \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor's Pearl\u003c\/i\u003e, the judge discovers that these two deaths are connected by an ancient tragedy involving a near-legendary treasure stolen from the Imperial Harem one hundred years earlier. The terrifying figure of the White Lady, a river goddess enshrined on a bloodstained altar, looms in the background of the investigation. Clues are few and elusive, but under the expert hand of Robert van Gulik, this mythic jigsaw puzzle assembles itself into a taut mystery.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Emperor's Pearl: A Judge Dee Mystery (Univ of Chicago PR) | Robert Van Gulik | Paperback | 9780226848723 | Used: Very Good | Mystery 1726574 (temp: 10)","offer_id":48167474790552,"sku":"1726574","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61rxRmu0SnL.jpg?v=1771947428","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/emperors-pearl-a-judge-dee-mystery-univ-of-chicago-pr","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}