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Before there was Sherlock Holmes, before Hercule Poirot, even before Sergeant Cuff, there was Judge Dee. Unlike his fictional brothers in crime solving, Dee was a real person. A magistrate of Changping in 7th-century China, Dee was a figure of great importance. In the province under his jurisdiction, he was responsible for the town administration, the tribunal, the collection of taxes, the register office and the maintenance of public order. Not without reason, the people in his district called him the “father-and-mother” official.
The Case of the Double Murder at Dawn, The Case of the Strange Corpse, and The Case of the Poisoned Bride, all based on actual events, were written into a novel in the 18th century under the title Dee Goong An. A double murder, the fatal poisoning of a bride on her wedding night, and a crime of passion in a small town lead Dee up and down the great silk routes, through clever disguises, into an ancient graveyard to consult with the spirits of the dead, and, finally, to some astute deductions.
At his side are Ma Joong and Chiao Tai, reformed “brothers of the green woods” highwaymen; Tao Gan, a former con man; and Hoong Liang, an elderly retainer in the judge’s family and a sort of Watson to Dee’s Holmes. All were real people. Better yet, the real crimes the judge and his henchmen must solve are both puzzling and intriguing: they are, in fact, real mysteries!
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About Robert van Gulik
Robert van Gulik (1910–1967) was born in the Netherlands. He was educated at the Universities of Leyden and Utrecht and served in the Dutch diplomatic service in China and Japan for many years. His interest in Asian languages and art led him to the discovery of Chinese detective novels and to the historical Judge Dee, who played an important role in the governance of Ming Dynasty China and inspired this novel. After translating Dee Goong An, van Gulik continued the adventures of Judge Dee in a number of original novels and stories.
About Norman Dietz
Norman Dietz is a writer, voice-over artist, and audiobook narrator. He has won numerous Earphones Awards and was named one of the fifty “Best Voices of the Century” by AudioFile magazine. He and his late wife, Sandra, transformed an abandoned ice-cream parlor into a playhouse, which served “the world’s best hot fudge sundaes” before and after performances. The founder of Theatre in the Works, he lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.