The Lacquer Screen
Judge Dee Mysteries (Related to this series)
- Author Robert Van Gulik
- Narrator Peter Kim
- Publisher Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
- Publish Date 30 April 2026
- Run Time 5 hours and 49 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Historical crime and mysteries.
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A fiendishly clever, yet cozy entry in the much-loved mystery series starring Judge Dee, whom the Los Angeles Times ranked with Sherlock Holmes.
Early in his career, Judge Dee visits a senior magistrate who shows him a beautiful lacquer screen on which a scene of lovers has been mysteriously altered to show the man stabbing his lover. The magistrate fears he is losing his mind and will murder his own wife. Meanwhile, a banker has inexplicably killed himself, and a lovely lady has allowed Dee's lieutenant, Chiao Tai, to believe she is a courtesan. Dee and Chiao Tai go incognito among a gang of robbers to solve this mystery, and find the leader of the robbers is more honorable than the magistrate.
This audiobook is expertly read by Peter Kim, with audio engineering by Sam Platt. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.
| Author | Robert Van Gulik |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Peter Kim |
| Series | Judge Dee Mysteries |
| Duration | 5 hours and 49 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9798349139307 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Echo Point Books & Media, LLC |
| Genre | Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Historical crime and mysteries |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE, US |
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