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      Necklace and Calabash

      by Robert Hans Van Gulik
      Published
      Jan 1967
      Main Genre
      Historical Mystery Hist. Mystery
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      143
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      Series
      A Judge Dee Mystery Book 13

      About This Book

      Featuring a sleuth "in that select group of fictional detectives headed by the renowned Sherlock Holmes," as he hunts stolen jewels in Tang Dynasty China (Los Angeles Times).

      Due to its proximity to the Water Palace, the summer residence of the Emperor's favorite daughter, Riverton lies within a Special Area administered by the military. For Judge Dee, returning to his district of Poo-yang promises a few days' fishing and relaxation for the magistrate in the peaceful town. But it is not to be. A chance meeting with a Taoist recluse, a gruesome body fished out of the river, strange guests at the Kingfisher Inn, a princess in distress—before long the judge is facing one of the most intricate and baffling mysteries of his career.

      Praise for the Judge Dee mysteries

      "The China of old, in Mr. van Gulik's skilled hands, comes vividly alive again." —New York Times Book Review

      "Entertaining, instructive and oddly impressive." —Times Literary Supplement

      Series Placement

      Book 13
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      Suspense

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      Historical Mystery

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      Oct 1979 Scribner ISBN13 9780684163291 ISBN10 0684163292
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      Dec 1992 University of Chicago Press ISBN13 9780226848709 ISBN10 0226848701
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      Jan 1971 Scribner ISBN13 9780684106205 ISBN10 0684106205
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