Second printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. ***PUBLISHER: "CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS"*** "SCRIBNER CRIME CLASSICS" EDITION. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
It all begins on the night of the Poo-yang dragonboat races in 699 A.D.: a drummer in the leading boat collapses, and the body of a beautiful young woman turns up in a deserted country mansion. There, Judge Dee-tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger-steps in to investigate the murders and...
First printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
It all begins on the night of the Poo-yang dragonboat races in 699 A.D.: a drummer in the leading boat collapses, and the body of a beautiful young woman turns up in a deserted country mansion. There, Judge Dee-tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger-steps in to investigate the murders and...