Started rereading _The Red Pavilion_. It is the Festival of Hungry Ghosts, and all inns are fully booked. Before moving on to their district after official travel, Judge Dee and one of his lieutenants are compelled to stay overnight on Paradise Island, a small resort of gambling dens and houses of assignation. Judge Dee is staying in the only unoccupied suite, the Red Pavilion, where a murder occurred some time ago...