Deception - Eleanor Cooney & Daniel Altieri
Title: Deception – A Novel of Murder and Madness in T’ang China
Genre: Fiction – Crime/Thriller Author: Eleanor Cooney & Daniel Altieri
Edition: Published by William Morrow 1992 - Large Hardcover - Very good secondhand condition.
Deception is a rare find for readers of mystery and suspense as well as lovers of historical lore. Lady Wu and her evil mother are devising a murderous scheme to dispose of the beloved Empress. A child is murdered, the Emperor is secuded by the sexual tricks of his favorite concubine, and the stage is set for an intricate web of lies and terror. Soon nothing will be able to stop Lady Wu. Meanwhile across the country, young Magistrate Dee Jen-Chen cannot rid himself of the vision of an elderly gardener being brought to an untimely death. As the thread of this tale intertwine, Judge Dee finds himself involved in the most baffling and horrifying case of his career…
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