ABOUT THIS BOOK

A pair of clever, cozy mysteries starring the beloved detective Judge Dee, whom the Los Angeles Times ranked with Sherlock Holmes

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 second, Dee is traveling to the imperial capital to assume a new position when he is separated from his escort by a flood. Marooned in a large country house surrounded by fierce bandits, Dee confronts an apparition that helps him solve a mystery.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Robert Van Gulik (1910-67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. He drew his plots from the whole body of Chinese literature, especially from the popular detective novels that first appeared in the seventeenth century.

REVIEWS

“The China of old, in Mr. van Gulik’s skilled hands, comes vividly alive again.”

— Allen J. HUbin, New York Times Book Review

“Entertaining, instructive and oddly impressive. Judge Dee, the officers of his tribunal and the people with whom he and they are concerned are interesting folk, and the world of crime, mystery, violence, lust, corruption and ceremony in which they move is formidably picturesque.”

— Times Literary Supplement

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Morning of the Monkey
Judge Dee saw that the gibbon was watching him
'I am not yet through with you, Mr. Leng!'
'It's a very private matter,' Tao Gan said
'Well,' she said, 'I have done nothing wrong'

The Night of the Tiger
Judge Dee caught the spear on his sword
He pulled the silk strings in succession
Suddenly the judge had the feeling that he was not alone
'I grabbed her and shouted at her to stop...'

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