The Chinese Nail Murders

Name: The Chinese Nail Murders
Rating: 7.7 (55 reviews)
Author: /author/Robert_van_Gulik_(Celebrated_cases_of_Judge_Dee%3A_Dee_goong_an_--_An_authentic_eighteenth-century_Chinese_detective_novel)

detective fiction by Robert van Gulik

Blurb

The Chinese Nail Murders is a gong'an detective novel written by Robert van Gulik and set in Imperial China. It is a fiction based on the real character of Judge Dee, a magistrate and statesman of the Tang court, who lived roughly 630–700 BC.