Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site wateng.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watdaisy!wateng!padpowell From: padpowell@wateng.UUCP (PAD Powell [Admin]) Newsgroups: net.books Subject: Judge Dee Mysteries Message-ID: <436@wateng.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Oct-83 20:32:44 EDT Article-I.D.: wateng.436 Posted: Mon Oct 17 20:32:44 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 18-Oct-83 02:16:14 EDT Distribution: net.books Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 12 In response to my requests for foreign (non-english) mysteries, several people suggested the series by the late Per Swarhol (swedish, and I do not apologize for the misspellings). I read the "Laughing Policeman" and it was very good (9/10). I also picked up a couple of paperbacks of the Judge Dee series by Robert van Gulik, and all I can say is that they were not worth the 27 cents each I paid for them... (4/10) Any other suggestions? Patrick Powell, U. Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont.