A review by lilithka
The Chinese Gold Murders by Robert van Gulik

4.0

I'm simply delighted. Van Gulik manages to create authentically Tang atmosphere and the murders themselves are well thought through as well. If the author did not use Western style of narration I could almost believe the story to have been written in imperial China. After all Judge Dee is based on a real person and Mister van Gulik knew China very well and translated from Chinese.