Soon after taking up his first magisterial post in the godforsaken district of Peng-lai, Judge Dee must look into the murder of his predecessor. His job is complicated by the simultaneous disappearance of his chief clerk and the new bride of a wealthy shipowner. Meanwhile, a tiger is terrorizing the district, the ghost of the murdered magistrate stalks the tribunal, a prostitute has a secret message for Dee, and the body of a murdered monk is discovered to be in the wrong grave. In the end, the Judge, with his deft powers of deduction, uncovers the one cause for all of these seemingly unrelated events.
- ISBN10 1876725044
- ISBN13 9781876725044
- Publish Date June 2002 (first published June 1969)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country AU
- Imprint Calypso Press Limited
- Format Paperback
- Pages 154
- Language English