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Dee has come to London to investigate the murder of a man he’d known during World War I when serving with the Chinese Labour Corps. No sooner has Dee interviewed the grieving widow than another dead body turns up. Then another. All stabbed to death with a butterfly sword. Will Dee and Lao be able to connect the threads of the murders—or are they next in line as victims?

Your Marketing Moment is a podcast for people seeking information and inspiration on how a single marketing moment served as the turning point in someone's business or career. John Nee, President of Act 1 Partners, interviews the people who benefited from a marketing moment to learn what it meant for their business and what they did to make it happen. Short, focused, and highlighting a single event, this podcast is just a few moments of your day to learn from the marketing moment of someone else.

Knowledge about Baseball and Beers

London, 1924. Following several months abroad, Judge Dee Ren Jie has returned to the city to intercept a transaction between a Russian diplomat and a Japanese mercenary. Aided by Lao She—the Watson to his Holmes—along with several other colorful characters, Dee stops the illicit sale of an extremely valuable “dragon-taming” mace. The mace’s owner is a lovely Chinese businesswoman who thanks Dee for its retrieval by throwing a lavish dinner party. In attendance is British banking official A. G. Stephen, who argues with the group about the tenuous state of Chinese nationalism.