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Name: The Willow Pattern
Author: Robert van Gulik
Year: 1965
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Popularity: 1.5
Genres/categories: Mystery, Historical fiction, Crime, Fiction
Culture: China, Asia

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ISBN:
9780684173177
0684173174
A.D. 677

As Judge Dee copes with the administration of the plague-ridden Imperial Capital, he must also bring his skills to bear on the mystery of two seemingly unconnected murders that could mean the extinction of the city's oldest, most aristocratic families.

"All the charm, cruelty and fragile magic of China in the Tang Dynasty."—Chicago Sun-Times

"A tense and exotic mystery."—Publishers Weekly
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.
Here are some other books from this series:
The Chinese Gold Murders
First published 1959
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, Pop Rating:1.6/10
The Chinese Nail Murders
First published 1961
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, Pop Rating:1.6/10
The Phantom of the Temple
First published 1966
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, Original Star Rating:
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, Pop Rating:1.4/10
Necklace and Calabash
First published 1967
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, Adjustred Star Rating:
, Pop Rating:1.4/10
The Emperor's Pearl
First published 1963
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, Original Star Rating:
, Adjustred Star Rating:
, Pop Rating:1.4/10
The Lacquer Screen
First published 1962
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, Original Star Rating:
, Adjustred Star Rating:
, Pop Rating:1.5/10
The Haunted Monastery
First published 1961
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, Original Star Rating:
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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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, Original Star Rating:
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, Pop Rating:1.5/10
The Chinese Maze Murders
First published 1951
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, Original Star Rating:
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, Pop Rating:1.5/10
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