The Phantom of the Temple

Based a historical figure, Judge Dee must solve the puzzle of a missing person, a robbery and a murder in this mystery set in Tang Dynasty China. Judge Dee presided over his imperial Chinese court with a unique brand of Confucian justice. A near mythic figure in China, he distinguished himself as a tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger. Long after his death, accounts of his exploits were celebrated in Chinese folklore, and later immortalized by Robert van Gulik in his electrifying