{"product_id":"the-emperors-pearl-a-judge-dee-mystery-audiobook","title":"The Emperor's Pearl: A Judge Dee Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe latest puzzling mystery facing Jude Dee begins on the night of the Poo-yang dragonboat races in 699 A.D.: a drummer in the leading boat collapses, and the body of a beautiful young woman turns up in a deserted country mansion. There, Judge Dee—tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger—steps in to investigate the murders and return order to the Tang Dynasty.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor’s Pearl\u003c\/i\u003e, the judge discovers that these two deaths are connected by an ancient tragedy involving a near-legendary treasure stolen from the Imperial Harem one hundred years earlier. The terrifying figure of the White Lady, a river goddess enshrined on a bloodstained altar, looms in the background of the investigation. Clues are few and elusive, but under the expert hand of Robert van Gulik, this mythic jigsaw puzzle assembles itself into a taut mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"If you have not yet discovered Judge Dee and his faithful Sgt. Hoong, I envy you that initial pleasure which comes from the discovery of a great detective story. For the magistrate of Poo-yang belongs in that select group of fictional detectives headed by the renowned Sherlock Holmes.\" —Robert Kirsch, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e This audiobook is expertly read by Peter Kim, with audio engineering by Sam Platt. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books \u0026amp; Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Echo Point Books \u0026 Media, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":45791121146029,"sku":"9798349131394","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/9134\/1997\/files\/9798349131394.jpg?v=1772823620","url":"https:\/\/www.echopointbooks.com\/products\/the-emperors-pearl-a-judge-dee-mystery-audiobook","provider":"Echo Point Books \u0026 Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}