Paradise Island is known in the district as a place where wealthy gentlemen can indulge in gluttony, gambling and spend time in the company of exquisite courtesans. Judge Dee is a man of strict rules, and here he was not for the sake of carnal pleasures. He will have to solve the mystery of the Red Pavilion, which has already become the site of mysterious suicides three times. And then one night he woke up from a strange rustle in the room... The famous judge Dee, the Chinese "Sherlock Holmes" - in a series of brilliant detectives of the famous Robert van Gulik.