Early in his career, Judge Dee visits a senior magistrate who shows him a beautiful lacquer screen on which a scene of lovers has been mysteriously altered to show the man stabbing his lover. The magistrate fears he is losing his mind and will murder his own wife. Meanwhile, a banker has inexplicably killed himself, and a lovely lady has allowed Dee's lieutenant, Chiao Tai, to believe she is a courtesan. Dee and Chiao Tai go incognito among a gang of robbers to solve this mystery, and find the leader of the robbers is more honorable than the magistrate. -- Amazon.com
van Gulik Robert Libros
Robert van Gulik es célebre por sus relatos de detectives protagonizados por el magistrado Juez Dee. Inspiradas en antiguos casos criminales chinos, sus obras dan vida a un juez del siglo VII que resuelve misterios a través de la lógica y una profunda comprensión de la naturaleza humana. Van Gulik combina magistralmente la autenticidad histórica con tramas de suspense, creando narrativas cautivadoras tanto para los aficionados al misterio como a la historia. Sus creaciones originales extienden la tradición literaria china, ofreciendo a los lectores una ventana única al antiguo país.
