The Willow Pattern (1965) - Robert van Gulik

Category: Detective, Mystery
Language: English
Keywords: 7th Century Judge Dee Mystery Medieval China Tang Dynasty

Written by Robert van Gulik
Read by Peter Kim
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

The Willow Pattern: A Judge Dee Mystery
By: Robert van Gulik
Narrated by: Peter Kim
Series: Judge Dee Mystery
Release date
03-12-2025
Language
English
Format
Unabridged Audiobook
Length
5 hrs and 35 mins
Publisher
Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
Categories
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

A magistrate investigates the death of a nobleman in this historical mystery set in China’s Tang Dynasty era.

Judge Dee has been appointed emergency governor of the plague and drought ridden Imperial City. As his guards help the city fend off a popular uprising, an aristocrat from one of the oldest families in China suffers an “accident” in a deserted mansion.

In The Willow Pattern, the illustrious judge uses his trademark expertise to unravel the mysteries of the nobleman, a shattered vase, and a dead bondmaid. Along the way he encounters a woman who fights with loaded sleeves, a nearly drowned courtesan, and an elaborate trap set for a murderer. Packed with suspense, violence, and romance, The Willow Pattern won’t disappoint Judge Dee’s legions of loyal fans.

“The China of old, in Mr. van Gulik’s skilled hands, comes vividly alive again.”—New York Times Book Review

“Entertaining, instructive and oddly impressive.”—Times Literary Supplement

This audiobook is expertly read by Peter Kim, with audio engineering by Sam Platt. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.

©1965 Robert H. van Gulik (P)2025 Echo Point Books & Media, LLC