In ancient China, the judge was the highest authority within each district. His work was not limited to imparting justice, he was also in charge of investigating crimes, robberies and murders, in case this occurred.

Di Renji is a Chinese hero who served during the Tang and Zhou dynasties. Regarded as the first coroner in history, he was one of the most celebrated officials of Wu Zetian's reign, credited with making him one of the most efficient and honest in history. Robert van Gulik turned Judge Di into a fictional character on a par with Sherlock Holmes, Marco Didio Falco or Auguste Dupin.

This new adventure, completely unpublished in Spanish, offers us three dark and disconcerting crimes that could be interconnected: a woman appears decapitated on the bed and there is no trace of her head, a well-known boxer has left a clue about her murderer before to die of poison, and a cotton merchant appears to have died under circumstances much stranger than the death certificate suggests.

Judge Di, the famous detective, must unravel these dark and perplexing mysteries using his formidable reasoning ability and his deep understanding of human nature and the powerful passions that dominate us.

An addictive combination of adventure, suspense and violence, beautifully set in 7th century China.