The coastal district of Penglai, where Judge Di began his government service, was jointly governed by the judge as the highest local civilian official and th...

The third story also takes place in Penglai, about six months later. During this time, two wives of Judge Di with their children arrived in Penglai and settl...

This incident occurred in 667 AD in Hanyuan, an ancient small town built on the shore of a lake near the capital. Here Judge Dee will have to unravel the mur...

The setting of this story is also Lanfan. As a rule, the service time of a governor in a district was limited to three years. But at the end of 674, Judge Di...

The events described in this story occurred while Judge Di was holding his fourth post as viceroy, this time in Lanfang, a remote county on the western borde...

This incident also happened in Puyang. Those who have read “Murder on Crescent Street” will remember that on the one hand Puyang bordered on Jinhua County, r...

This story explains why Judge Dee was late for the family dinner during the Paper Lantern Festival. This event marks the end of a long New Year celebration; ...

The mysterious death of two wandering students, the brutal murder of the wife of an antiquities dealer, the death of an old woman-procurer at the hands of an...

The mysterious death of three pilgrims, the murder of a wise abbot, the assassination attempt on a pious girl - only the insightful and incorruptible Judge D...

The ancient Chinese detective Judge Dee returns for a fourth and final time in The Chinese Nail Murders. Though the setting is exotic and the time period ...

A.D. 666 and A.D. 676The Monkey and The Tiger includes two detective stories, "The Morning of the Monkey" and "The Night of the Tiger." In the first, a gi...