LEADER 00000pam 2200397 i 4500 001 sky274568687 003 SKY 005 20150924120158.0 008 150609s2015 nyu e 000 1 eng 010 2015022090 020 9781250072320 020 1250072328 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dNjBwBT|dGCmBT|dSKYRV|dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 a-cc--- 082 00 813/.6|223 092 |fF|aHART 100 1 Hart, Elsa,|eauthor. 245 10 Jade Dragon Mountain /|cElsa Hart. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York :|bMinotaur Books,|c[2015] 300 321 pages ;|c24 cm. 336 text|2rdacontent. 337 unmediated|2rdamedia. 338 volume|2rdacarrier. 510 3 Bklst 08/01/2015. 510 3 LJ 08/01/2015. 510 3 PW 07/20/2015. 510 3 Kirkus 07/01/2015. 520 "On the mountainous border of China and Tibet in 1708, a detective must learn what a killer already knows: that empires rise and fall on the strength of the stories they tell. Li Du was an imperial librarian. Now he is an exile. Arriving in Dayan, the last Chinese town before the Tibetan border, he is surprised to find it teeming with travelers, soldiers, and merchants. All have come for a spectacle unprecedented in this remote province: an eclipse of the sun commanded by the Emperor himself. When a Jesuit astronomer is found murdered in the home of the local magistrate, blame is hastily placed on Tibetan bandits. But Li Du suspects this was no random killing. Everyone has secrets: the ambitious magistrate, the powerful consort, the bitter servant, the irreproachable secretary, the East India Company merchant, the nervous missionary, and the traveling storyteller who can't keep his own story straight. Beyond the sloping roofs and festival banners, Li Du can see the mountain pass that will take him out of China forever. He must choose whether to leave, and embrace his exile, or to stay, and investigate a murder that the town of Dayan seems all too willing to forget"--Provided by publisher. 610 20 Jesuits|xCrimes against|vFiction. 650 0 Librarians|vFiction. 651 0 China|xHistory|yQing dynasty, 1644-1912|vFiction. 655 7 Mystery fiction.|2gsafd
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