First in the mystery series featuring former eighteenth-century Beijing court librarian Li Du and his storytelling companion Hamza, I enjoyed this nearly as much as the second series title:
The White Mirror. Here Li Du travels to Dayan, a remote Chinese city on the Tibetan border, just as the town is frantically preparing for the arrival of the emperor in anticipation of a solar eclipse. In the compound of the town magistrate a Jesuit priest is found murdered, and Li Du refuses to let the crime be swept under the rug. Learned, fun, and filled with the same local flavor as the second novel. I hope we won't have to wait long for number 3.
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