The Chinese maze murders: a Chinese detective story suggested by three original ancient Chinese plots

✍ Scribed by Van Gulik, Robert

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Year: 2010;1997
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 637 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 0226849090

✦ Synopsis

Machine derived contents note: First Chapter -- A strange meeting takes place on a lotus lake; Judge Dee is attacked on his way to Lan-fang -- Second Chapter -- Judge Dee opens the first session of the tribunal; He discovers in the archives an unsolved problem -- Third Chapter -- The judge witnesses a quarrel on the market; A young man forecasts his father's murder -- Fourth Chapter -- Tao Gan reports on a mysterious old mansion; An ingenious trap is set in the dark tribunal -- Fifth Chapter -- Twenty ruffians attack in the dead of the night; Judge Dee sets out on a dangerous excursion -- Sixth Chapter -- Four guildmasters are received in the main hall; Mrs. Yoo visits the tribunal with an old picture -- Seventh Chapter -- Three roguish monks receive their just punishment; A Candidate of Literature reports a cruel murder -- Eighth Chapter -- An old General is murdered in his own library; Judge Dee goes to visit the scene of the crime -- Ninth Chapter -- Judge Dee ponders alone in a dead man's room; The autopsy brings to light the cause of death -- Tenth Chapter -- Judge Dee pays a visit to an eccentric young man; He presides an artistic meeting in the tribunal -- Eleventh Chapter -- Tao Gan has an adventure in an old temple; Ma Joong meets his math in a drinking bout -- Twelfth Chapter -- Judge Dee discusses the secrets of two pictures; A young girl discovers passionate love letters -- Thirteenth Chapter -- Yoo Kee entertains a distinguished guest to tea; Judge Dee decides to revisit the General's studio -- Fourteenth Chapter -- A strange clue is found in a dead man's room; Judge Dee sends his men to arrest a criminal -- Fifteenth Chapter -- Painter Woo reveals his secret in the tribunal; Judge Dee orders a search of the Eastern city -- Sixteenth Chapter -- Ma Joong investigates the licensed quarter; He is made a partner in a nefarious scheme -- Seventeenth Chapter -- Mrs. Yoo pays a second visit to the tribunal; A queer discovery is made in an old mansion -- Eighteenth Chapter -- Judge Dee decides to consult an old hermit; Ma Joong catches his man in the Drum Tower -- Nineteenth Chapter -- A recluse discourses on the purpose of life; Judge Dee learns the old Governor's secret -- Twentieth Chapter -- A rebel chieftain confesses under torture; A mysterious stranger is at last identified -- Twentyfirst Chapter -- Judge Dee closes the case of the murdered General; Chiao Tai relates the story of a military disaster -- Twentysecond Chapter -- Judge Dee explains the murder of General Ding; He reveals the secret of the scroll picture -- Twentythird Chapter -- The judge leads his men to the heart of the maze; A gruesome discovery is made in a secret pavilion -- Twentyfourth Chapter -- A young girl goes to visit a famous artist; A criminal is caught in an unexpected place -- Twentyfifth Chapter -- Two depraved criminals suffer the extreme penalty; Judge Dee learns the secret of an abstruse couplet.