Jade Dragon Mountain A Mystery
Jade Dragon Mountain A Mystery by Elsa Hart is a historical fiction novel published by St. Martin’s Publishing Group on July 5, 2016. This reprint edition spans 368 pages and is presented in English. Set in 1708 on the border of China and Tibet, the story follows Li Du, an imperial librarian turned exile, as he navigates a vibrant town filled with travelers and soldiers gathered for a solar eclipse commanded by the Emperor.
Readers will find a complex narrative where Li Du investigates the murder of a Jesuit astronomer, initially blamed on Tibetan bandits. As he delves deeper, he uncovers a web of secrets involving various characters, including an ambitious magistrate and a traveling storyteller. The novel explores themes of power and storytelling against the backdrop of a historical mystery, inviting readers to engage with the intricate dynamics of the town of Dayan as Li Du grapples with his choice between exile and the pursuit of truth.
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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.
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