Judge Dee, a magistrate in Imperial China is a crime solver, a detective. In these stories Judge Dee solves a series of un-related crimes from different times in his career. There is no over-all narrative to these stories.

List of stories

"Five Auspicious Clouds" - set in the year 663 when Judge Dee was a magistrate of Peng-lai.

"The Red Tape Murder" - set in the year 663 when Judge Dee was a magistrate of Peng-lai.

"He Came With the Rain" - set in the year 663 was a magistrate of Peng-lai.

"The Murder on the Lotus Pond" - set in the year 666 when Judge Dee was a magistrate of Han-yuan.

"The Two Beggars" - set in the year 668 when Judge Dee was a magistrate of Poo-yang.

"The Wrong Sword" - set in the year 668 when Judge Dee was a magistrate of Poo-yang.

"The Coffins of the Emperor" - set in the year 670 when Judge Dee was a magistrate of Lan-fang.

"Murder on New Year's Eve" - set in the year 670 when Judge Dee was a magistrate of Lan-fang.