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.

How far would you go to secure the best future for your child? Chen Yunxian wants more from life than that of a noodle seller’s daughter. Instead, Chen Yunxian goes to college, marries her ambitious first love, Yang Dingguo, and has a bright young son, Peichen, for whom Chen Yunxian will do anything.

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.

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.

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.

A mysterious "fear disease" is scaring to death the citizens of Longzhou, China. Literally. Victims go insane or die frozen in terror, while survivors rant maniacally about demons infiltrating the city. But what's really behind the sudden epidemic? To find the answer, Chief Inspector Luo Fei teams up with a controversial historian and a brilliant psychologist to track down the true source of the illness and halt the wave of horror that threatens the metropolis.

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…

火家召徒，各路盗贼为入火家纷纷亮出看家本领，百般技艺齐上阵。挑战贼王，需过三关！每一关危机四伏，盗取器物也光怪陆离，皆是生死攸关！金木水火土，五大世家陆续亮相，暗中有何玄机？火小邪历经艰辛，最终能否如愿成为火家弟子？…… 火家召徒，各路盜賊為入火家紛紛亮出看家本領，百般技藝齊上陣。挑戰賊王，需過三關！每一關危機四伏，盜取器物也光怪陸離，皆是生死攸關！金木水火土，五大世家陸續亮相，暗中有何玄機？火小邪歷經艱辛，最終能否如願成為火家弟子？

Kitchen Chinese, Ann Mah’s funny and poignant first novel about a young Chinese-American woman who travels to Beijing to discover food, family, and herself is a delight—complete with mouth-watering descriptions of Asian culinary delicacies, from Peking duck and Mongolian hot pot to the...

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 ...

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.

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.

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……