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epub | 7.79 MB | English| Isbn:9780226849065 | Author: Robert van Gulik | Year: 2024
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Quote:A chance encounter with Autumn Moon, the most powerful courtesan on Paradise Island, leads Judge Dee to investigate three deaths. Although he finally teases the true story from a tangled history of passion and betrayal, Dee is saddened by the perversion, corruption, and waste of the world "of flowers and willows" that thrives on prostitution.Category:Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Peoples & Cultures - Fiction, Fiction Subjects, Historical Fiction, Asian Peoples & Cultures - Fiction & Literature, Literary Styles & Movements - Fiction, Other Mystery Categories, Occupations - Fiction, China - Historical Fiction, Chinese People - Fiction, Fiction - Other, Historical Mysteries, Judges - Fiction