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The Chinese Nail Murders
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Wikipedia article
'The Chinese Nail Murders' is a 'gong'an' detective novel written by Robert van Gulik and set in Imperial China (roughly speaking the Tang Dynasty). It is a fiction based on the real character of Judge Dee (Ti Jen-chieh or Di Renjie), a magistrate and statesman of the Tang court, who lived roughly 630–700 BC.
Plot introduction
Judge Dee, and his four helpers, solve three murders: that of an honored merchant, a master of martial arts, and the wife of a merchant, whose corpse has no head. Judge Dee soon comes under pressure from higher-ranking officials to end his investigation. Naturally, Judge Dee refuses to give up until he has learned the whole truth.
A nail murder was a motif of crime in ancient China.
The case of the headless corpse was based on an actual 13th-century Chinese murder casebook.
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Category:1961 novels
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Category:Gong'an novels
Category:Harper & Row books
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