The Chinese Maze Murders - A Chinese detective story (uitgave 1956)
The Chinese Maze Murders is a Chinese detective story suggested by three original ancient Chinese plots. 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. This book represents Robert van Gulik’s first venture into writing suspense novels after the success of Dee Gong An, his translation of an anonymous Chinese detective novel from the sixteenth century.