The Emperor's Pearl

“A rare and precious find,” this mystery set in Tang Dynasty China features a detective based on a historical magistrate as he investigates a double murder ( Atlanta Times ). It all begins on the night of the Poo-yang dragon boat 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 T