Fighting Over Inheritance | AstraDaemon

JUDGE DEE AND THE THREE DEATHS OF COUNT WERDENFELS by Lavie Tidhar is another short story centered on the vampire who serves as judge, jury, and executioner to make sure others of his kind are following their laws.

This time, the issue is more than one person claiming to have killed the Count in order to inherit his castle and land. Upon investigation, it appears the count did indeed die three different ways. Not finding a corpse is an issue, but the Judge is told he turned to dust. Meanwhile, Jonathan remains cold, hungry and clueless.

I highly recommend Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law, which explains Jonathan's relationship with the Judge in more detail.

As always,

AstraDaemon