Gulik's presentation of Judge Dee, with detailed plot outlines, character biographies, chronologies, and a discussion of the phenomenon of "doubling" throughout the series. A scholar of American detective fiction explores the historical Chinese figures, the tradition of the Chinese detective story, China and Chinese in American literature, and van Gulik's adaptations. External links Judge Dee: Character chronology and information about the author The Judge Dee website by Sven Roussel Fansite containing detailed publishing history in various languages Dutch novels Dutch crime novels Fictional historical detectives Fictional male detectives Fictional judges Gong'an fiction Judge Dee Fiction about law Detective fiction Dutch novels adapted into television shows Novels adapted into comics Literary characters introduced in 1949 Fictional Tang dynasty people Fictional Chinese people