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The Haunted Monastery (Paperback)

by Robert Hans Van Gulik (Author)

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Paperback: 168 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Pub Co (September 1983)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 068417975X
ISBN-13: 978-0684179759

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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This Judge Dee mystery finds the Chinese investigator trying to solve a murder of a Taoist monastery's abbot.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Dee in excellent form, May 23 1998

By	theearl@erols.com (Alexandria, Va.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Haunted Monastery: A Judge Dee Mystery (Paperback)

The Haunted Monastery is possibly the best of the Judge Dee novels. As the Judge would say, all the elements are here: an immensely appealing and exotic locale, eroticism without pornography, characters we come to care about, a duel between confucianism and taoism, romance, a monstrous murderer, a damsel in distress, a dauntless hero and more atmosphere than you can shake a chopstick at. Van Gulik makes ancient China come alive, and makes us believe that the people who lived in it, no matter how alien on the surface, are more like us than not. A good read anytime...but a great read on a dark and stormy night.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Night Of Terror And Mystery, Jun 26 2001

By	Queen Cobra, Goddess of Truth and Justice (Altamont Springs, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Haunted Monastery: A Judge Dee Mystery (Paperback)

An unexpected storm forces Judge Dee and his three, (yes three!) wives to seek shelter at a Taoist monastery. The wives go straight to bed but the Judge must pay his respects to the abbot before joining them. Thus begins a frantic night of murder and mayhem during which Judge Dee, suffering from a bad head cold, must solve a series of murders, rescue a maiden in distress and arrange for the villain to meet his just deserts, bringing together two sets of star-crossed lovers along the way. "I should give up being a magistrate and become a match-maker!" he grumbles. One of the best of the series.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great Naturalness of Language for This Mystery of Old China, Jun 9 1998

By	Eugene G. Barnes (Dunn Loring, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Nice short mystery. You'll be grateful to Van Gulik for giving his characters, from Sixth Century China, such a naturalness of expression. You'll never be bored by forced idioms, just as you'll never be asked to sit helplessly by as obvious differences between that culture and ours get exploited to the realm of the cliche (for instance, Judge Dee's three wives actually get along and are a natural part of the plot). Trouble is, the plot's a bit pedestrian when all's said and done -- a very formula production (as, let's admit it, are most mysteries).

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