The Chinese Nail Murders
First UK edition | |
| Author | Robert van Gulik |
|---|---|
| Series | Judge Dee |
| Genre | Gong'an fiction, Mystery, Detective novel, Crime |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph (UK) Harper & Row (US) |
Publication date | 1961 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 216 |
| Preceded by | The Chinese Gold Murders |
| Followed by | The Haunted Monastery |
The Chinese Nail Murders is a gong'an detective novel written by Robert van Gulik and set in Imperial China (roughly speaking the Tang dynasty). It is a fiction based on the real character of Judge Dee (Ti Jen-chieh or Di Renjie), a magistrate and statesman of the Tang court, who lived roughly 630–700 BC.