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The Red Pavilion: A Judge Dee Mystery

by Robert van Gulik

Published: 2005-04-01

Paperback: 185 pages

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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 ...

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Poets and Murder: A Judge Dee Mystery

by Robert van Gulik

Published: 2010-11-15

Kindle Edition: 185 pages

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Judge Dee, the master detective of seventh-century China, sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers complex passions lurking beneath the placid surface of academic life. A mild-mannered student is rumored to have been slain by a fox-demon, while a young dancer meets her deat...

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The Phantom of the Temple: A Judge Dee Mystery (Judge Dee Mysteries)

by Robert van Gulik

Published: 2007-11-15

Paperback: 214 pages

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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,...

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The Willow Pattern: A Judge Dee Mystery

by Robert van Gulik

Published: 2010-07-15

Kindle Edition: 184 pages

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Judge Dee has been appointed emergency governor of the plague- and drought-ridden Imperial City. As his guards help the city fend off a popular uprising, an aristocrat from one of the oldest families in China suffers an "accident" in a deserted mansion.In The Willow Pattern, the illustriou...

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The Chinese Nail Murders: A Judge Dee Detective Story

by Robert Van Gulik

Published: 2005-02-15

Paperback: 256 pages

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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 ancient, Judge Dee has all the style and swagger of a modern Sherlock Holmes. Judge Dee is appointed to the magistrate of Pei-chow—a d...

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Madame Zero: 9 Stories

by Sarah Hall

Published: 2017-07-25

Hardcover: 192 pages

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From one of the most accomplished British writers working today, the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Wolf Border, comes a unique and arresting collection of short fiction that is both disturbing and dazzling.Sarah Hall has been hailed as "one of the most significant and exciting...

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Have a Nice Guilt Trip (The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman)

by Lisa Scottoline, Francesca Serritella

Published: 2015-06-16

Paperback: 320 pages

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Everyone's favorite mother-daughter writing duo is back with a new collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. With twenty-something Francesca navigating New York City, Lisa holding down the fort in the suburbs, and Mother Mary making frequent and always entertaining...

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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Published: 2017-03-07

Hardcover: 464 pages

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A “mesmerizing, poetic exploration of family, friendship, love and loss” from the acclaimed author of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. (New York Times Book Review) Sal used to know his place with his adoptive gay father, their loving Mexican American family, a...

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Amberlough: Book 1 in the Amberlough Dossier

by Lara Elena Donnelly

Published: 2018-02-13

Paperback: 416 pages

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A double-agent sacrifices all his ideals in order to save his smuggler lover before a government coup takes over their decadent city in Lara Elena Donnelly’s glam spy thriller debut, now a Nebula finalist for Best Novel!“Exploring the roots of hatred, nationalism, and fascism, while at...

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The Gospel Comes with a House Key: Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in Our Post-Christian World

by Rosaria Butterfield

Published: 2018-04-30

Hardcover: 240 pages

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What did God use to draw a radical, committed unbeliever to himself? Did God take her to an evangelistic rally? Or, since she had her doctorate in literature, did he use something in print? No, God used an invitation to dinner in a modest home, from a humble couple who lived out the gospel...