{"product_id":"book-1gsg","title":"The Monkey and the Tiger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo mysteries set in seventh-century China featuring Judge Dee, \"a great detective in the noblest tradition . . . perceptive [and] ever fascinating.\"—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Monkey and The Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e includes two detective stories, \"The Morning of the Monkey\" and \"The Night of the Tiger,\" based on a real-life judge in T'ang Dynasty China who became legendary for his crime-solving skills. In the first story, a gibbon drops an emerald in the open gallery of Judge Dee's official residence, leading the magistrate to discover a strangely mutilated body in the woods—and investigate how it got there. In the second, Dee is traveling to the imperial capital to assume a new position when he is separated from his escort by a flood. Marooned in a large country house surrounded by fierce bandits, Dee confronts an apparition that helps him solve a mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If you have not yet discovered Judge Dee, I envy you that initial pleasure. [He] belongs in that select group of fictional detectives headed by Sherlock Holmes. I assure you it is a compliment not given frivolously.\" \u003ci\u003e—Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis audiobook is expertly read by Peter Kim, with audio engineering by Sam Platt. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books \u0026amp; Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dreamscape","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":51232800506160,"sku":"BD1gsg","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1gsg-Square-cover.jpg?v=1774898251","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1gsg","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}