The Phantom of the Temple: A Judge Dee Mystery

An eerie tale, combining investigation, horror and surprise, Robert van Gulik's latest Chinese detective story is set in a remote western border province of the mighty Tang empire.

There, in the district of Lan-fang, separated from the vast Tartar steppes of Central Asia by only a boundary river, Judge Dee faces and solves one of the most frightening cases of his long career.

Outside the east city gate, on a wooded hill, stood a centuries-old Buddhist temple. It was there that the phantom sta...