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Name: The Phantom of the Temple
Author: Robert van Gulik
Year: 1966
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Popularity: 1.4
Genres/categories: Mystery, Historical fiction
Culture: China

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ISBN:
9780226848778
9780684161785
0226848779
0684161788
A.D. 670

On a wooded hill in the Lan-fang district, a phantom stalks in a century-old Buddhist temple and three mysteries unfold-the vanishing of a wealthy merchant's daughter, the disapperance of twenty bars of gold, and the discovery of a decapitated corpse. In the Phantom of the Temple, the clever Judge Dee pieces together these strange occurrences to reveal one complex and gruesome plot.
About the author:
Robert Van Gulik (1910-67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. He drew his plots from the whole body of Chinese literature, especially from the popular detective novels that first appeared in the seventeenth century.
This book is part of the "Judge Dee" series.
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The Chinese Gold Murders
First published 1959
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The Chinese Nail Murders
First published 1961
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, Pop Rating:1.6/10
Necklace and Calabash
First published 1967
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, Pop Rating:1.4/10
The Emperor's Pearl
First published 1963
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, Pop Rating:1.4/10
The Lacquer Screen
First published 1962
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, Pop Rating:1.5/10
The Haunted Monastery
First published 1961
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, Pop Rating:1.3/10
The Red Pavilion
First published 1961
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, Pop Rating:1.4/10
Judge Dee at Work
First published 1967
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, Pop Rating:1.5/10
The Chinese Bell Murders
First published 1958
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, Pop Rating:1.7/10
The Chinese Lake Murders
First published 1960
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, Pop Rating:1.5/10
The Chinese Maze Murders
First published 1951
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