Chinese Mystery

Join the T'ang Dynasty detective Judge Dee on his very first full-length mystery! Poisoned plums, a cryptic scroll picture, passionate love letters, and a hidden murderer with a penchant for torturing and killing women lead Judge Dee to the heart of the Governor’s garden maze and the answers to three interwoven mysteries. This book kicked off Robert van Gulik's long-running series and introduced countless listeners to a cozy, clever series and the incredible detective at its center. Listen to this one, and you'll quickly find yourself seeking out the whole series.

Two mysteries set in seventh-century China featuring Judge Dee, "a great detective in the noblest tradition . . . perceptive [and] ever fascinating."—The New York Times The Monkey and The Tiger includes two detective stories, "The Morning of the Monkey" and "The Night of the Tiger," based on a...

So what if your medical skills are the best in the world? If you can’t live past 20, your just a lousy show off. Let’s watch as the perverse ghost doctor make a name for himself by defeating the world’s greatest medical giants in his efforts to revitalize Chinese medicine.

Biff Brewster heads to Burma to visit his uncle, Charles Keene. His trip to the Far East is evidently of interest to other people. When he arrives in Burma, a kidnap attempt occurs at the airport. He doesn't understand why but escapes back to the airline terminal. An employee of Charles Keene finds Biff and takes him to Explorations Unlimited, Charles Keene's company. Biff discovers his uncle is missing in Communist China and decides to find and rescue him. During the rescue, Biff discovers a secret Chinese base whose knowledge is valuable to the United States.

An unusual call from Chinese merchant Ling Tang began an on-going set of circumstances for young Biff Brewster. He was planning a trip to Rangoon in Burma to visit his Uncle Charlie. It seemed such a trip for Biff would be a good way to spend the remainder of his summer vacation from school. It was a pleasant thought for beginning something very different to look forward to. However, “different” isn’t a strong enough description of what was going to happen.

A puzzling publishing murder attracts the eye of Ellery Queen. Mandarin Press is a premier publishing house for foreign literature, but to those at the top of this enterprise, there is little more beautiful than a rare stamp. As Donald Kirk, publisher and philatelist, prepares his office for a banquet, an unfamiliar man comes to call. No one recognizes him, but Kirk’s staff is used to strange characters visiting their boss, so Kirk’s secretary asks him to wait in the anteroom.

海面上风起云涌，大战在即，英国海军从一艘法国舰船上俘获了一枚龙蛋。由于英国龙的数量有限，这枚龙蛋对于英国来说具有重要意义……海面上風起雲湧，大戰在即，英國海軍從一艘法國艦船上俘獲了一枚龍蛋。由於英國龍的數量有限，這枚龍蛋對於英國來說具有重要意義……

The story you’re about to hear is the second Charlie Chan novel, and it features a parrot named Tony who is witness to a crime. The unusual bird spoke Chinese and had a less-than-perfect use of English grammar but was killed by the criminals as a precaution. Chan himself was a friend of a family selling jewels and agreed to deliver them on his first trip to mainland California. While there he masquerades as a pidgin-speaking cook during his undercover investigation. His profound and original intelligence offers genial humor and witty dialogue.

Tanis Lyle was one of those passionate women who always get their own way. Her cousin Laura hated her. Most women did. But men found her irresistible and she used them mercilessly. So when Tanis was found murdered there seemed to be any number of suspects on hand. But Miss Silver had her own suspicions…

Driving home after being kicked out of college, Tucker meets and picks up the mysterious Corinne Chang at a rest stop. Infatuated, and with nothing better to do, he ends up with her in St. Louis, where he gets a job as a chef in a Chinese restaurant. Even though he’s a gwai lo—a foreign devil—his cooking skills impress the Chinese patrons of the restaurant, and his wooing skills impress Corinne when she joins him there as a waitress.

This collection gathers the finest pieces from the "Appreciation of Foreign Literature" column. It includes works by influential contemporary writers from countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Russia, and Japan, with a focus on the United States and Japan.

A buried corpse disappears. A child is kidnapped. A woman suddenly vanishes. The only clue - mysterious Chinese symbols; left behind at each of the crime scenes in a provincial town in Northern Denmark. In the eye of the storm is Eva. After suffering a deeply sorrowful tragedy - where her long-awaited daughter is stillborn - Eva is fighting to get her life back on track together with her husband who recently, and inexplicably, became paralyzed and is now unable to take care of himself. In an attempt to escape her grief, Eva embarks on her own investigation to find out who is behind these violent crimes.

Januar 2006. Die Polizei von Hudiksvall macht eine schreckliche Entdeckung: 18 Menschen wurden auf grausame Weise getötet, am Tatort findet man ein rotes Seidenband. Unter den Toten sind auch die Adoptiveltern der Mutter von Richterin Birgitta Roslin, und sie beginnt zu recherchieren. Die Spur führt 140 Jahre in die Vergangenheit und bis nach China ...

Morning service in the quiet village church. Josie Welford, licensee of the White Hart, is daydreaming during Father Tim Martin’s sermon. The peace is shattered when a filthy Chinese youth flings himself into the church demanding sanctuary. The Church must decide whether to accede to a request that no long has legal standing or to hand Tang over to the authorities. Josie’s friend and long-term lodger, Nick Thomas, fears for the boy’s life.

冯家是世代相传的炼蛊世家。冯家最高也是最神秘的蛊——金蝉，传给了还没到十八岁的冯正清。传蛊仪式的当晚，冯正清的大伯和三叔相继离奇去世…… 馮家是世代相傳的煉蠱世家。馮家最高也是最神秘的蠱——金蟬，傳給了還沒到十八歲的馮正清。傳蠱儀式的當晚，馮正清的大伯和三叔相繼離奇去世……

哈摩族圣物——封禁着恶魔的血瓶离奇失踪，几个月后出现在龙州并被失手打破，放出了封存已久的恶魔，之后离奇命案接连发生……哈摩族聖物——封禁著惡魔的血瓶離奇失踪，幾個月後出現在龍州並被失手打破，放出了封存已久的惡魔，之後離奇命案接連發生……

新疆之旅后，田寻明确告诉林氏父子不参加盗墓行动，林教授极不情愿。为此田寻经历了种种厄运，被迫逃亡在外……新疆之旅後，田尋明確告訴林氏父子不參加盜墓行動，林教授極不情願。為此田尋經歷了種種厄運，被迫逃亡在外……

林家老宅神秘宝物蹊跷失踪，林教授父子组织一支以找寻失踪宝物为终极目标的队伍，再次打着科学考察的幌子出发了……林家老宅神秘寶物蹊蹺失踪，林教授父子組織一支以找尋失踪寶物為終極目標的隊伍，再次打著科學考察的幌子出發了……

潜伏金三角，血雨腥风中，湄公河行动再开始！禁毒还是贩毒，救赎还是杀戮，无间兄弟情，与狼共舞，向死而生……潛伏金三角，血雨腥風中，湄公河行動再開始！禁毒還是販毒，救贖還是殺戮，無間兄弟情，與狼共舞，向死而生……

诸葛正我、元十三限、及大师兄许笑一三位师兄弟多年不见，难得的一次重聚，竟又势成水火，落得剑拔弩张的局面……諸葛正我、元十三限、及大師兄許笑一三位師兄弟多年不見，難得的一次重聚，竟又勢成水火，落得劍拔弩張的局面……