The Chinese Maze Murders

The legendary T’ang Dynasty judge untangles three intertwined cases in the “entertaining” historical detective series ( Times Literary Supplement ).   Poisoned plums, a cryptic scroll picture, passionate love letters, and a hidden murderer with a penchant for torturing and killing women lead Judge Dee to the heart of the Governor’s garden maze and the answers to three interwoven mysteries. The Chinese Maze Murders represents Robert van Gulik’s first venture into writing suspense novels afte