Publication: Kuala Lumpur: Art Printing Works, 1961,
First edition. Precedes U.K. edition by two years. Lightly sunned on the spine and with light wear to the foot of spine, else near fine in printed wrappers. Judge Dee, seeking refuge from a storm, becomes trapped in a Taoist monastery, where the Abbott Jade mysteriously dies. The monks call it a supernatural experience, but the judge calls it murder.
Inventory Number: 49682