The monkey and the tiger

Description:

"In the first [story], 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 woods. In the second, Dee is traveling to the imperial capital to assume his new position when he is separated from his escort by a flood and marooned in a large country house surrounded by fierce bandits"--P. [4] of cover.

subjects: Fiction,  Judges,  China in fiction,  Judges in fiction,  History,  Di, Renjie, in fiction,  English Detective and mystery stories,  Fiction, short stories (single author),  Fiction, mystery & detective, general,  Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural,  Dee jen-djieh (fictitious character), fiction,  China, fiction,  Fiction, historical,  Dee Jen-Djieh (Fictitious character)

People: Renjie Di (629-700)

Places: China

Times: Tang dynasty, 618-907