The Monkey and the Tiger
, by Gulik, Robert Hans VanNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780226848693 | 0226848698
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 4/1/2005
The Monkey and The Tigerincludes two detective stories, "The Morning of the Monkey" and "The Night of the Tiger." In the first, a gibbon drops an emerald in the open gallery of Dee's official residence, leading the judge to discover a strangely mutilated body in the woodsand how it got there. In the second, Dee is traveling to the imperial capital to assume a new position when he is separated from his escort by a flood. Marooned in a large country house surrounded by fierce bandits, Dee confronts an apparition that helps him solve a mystery.