The Red Pavilion: A Judge Dee Mystery
Book 9 of Judge Dee (Chronological order)
Language: English
Asia Asian Literature China Crime Detective Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Historical Mystery Mystery
Published: Jan 2, 1961
Book 9 of Judge Dee (Chronological order)
Language: English
Asia Asian Literature China Crime Detective Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Historical Mystery Mystery
Published: Jan 2, 1961
Description:
A.D. 668 A chance encounter with Autumn Moon, the most powerful courtesan on Paradise Island, leads Judge Dee to investigate three deaths. Although he finally teases the true story from a tangled history of passion and betrayal, Dee is saddened by the perversion, corruption, and waste of the world "of flowers and willows" that thrives on prostitution.