{"product_id":"2026200011319-secondhand-poets-and-murder","title":"Poets And Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the vivid backdrop of Tang Dynasty China, Poets and Murder thrusts the brilliant magistrate Judge Dee into a world where artistic ambition and deadly intrigue are fatally entwined — a world where a poetry festival becomes the stage for sinister crimes that only the sharpest of minds can unravel. When a celebrated gathering of poets in the mountain resort of Half Moon Street turns lethal, Judge Dee must navigate a labyrinth of jealousy, passion, and vengeance, untangling the motives of scholars, courtesans, and conspirators before more lives are lost.\n\nRobert van Gulik, a Dutch diplomat and Sinologist of extraordinary erudition, channels his deep scholarly knowledge of Chinese history and jurisprudence into a series that reads as both thrilling mystery and meticulous period reconstruction. His prose carries the measured elegance of classical Chinese storytelling while delivering the tightly plotted suspense of the finest Western detective fiction. Poets and Murder stands as a testament to van Gulik's rare gift — the ability to conjure an ancient civilisation with such authenticity and atmosphere that the reader is left wondering whether Judge Dee himself might step from the page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49161046294747,"sku":"2026200011319-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f4528af5-6fd3-461a-9165-b91d6a7f4f20.png?v=1787189628","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011319-secondhand-poets-and-murder","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}