![]() In life they were successful-yet-hated twin brothers. Connington's 1927 Murder In The Maze features two corpses, one in each of the two centers of the hedge maze. A hedge maze shows up in the Queen of Hearts' garden in Alice in Wonderland.There may even be more than one trip inside the maze, especially if there's a reconstruction of the initial crime and/or a trap set for the killer. There's a house party scavenger hunt or village festival on the grounds, and one or more of the revelers goes inside. Clandestine meetings are arranged, again often in the center of the maze, for important private conversations (like, say, blackmail). Somebody seeking privacy goes there so as not to be disturbed, only to be permanently rendered past disturbing by a killer. Since they're almost always a part of the gardens of a country house, you can expect the usual country house doings to be brought into it. In mystery stories, you can count on finding a corpse in one of these. In the center is what the maze is protecting, often something magical and valuable that The Hero needs. ![]() The hedge maze often doubles as Mobile Maze and the paths paradoxically seem to move around as you're trying to navigate it. They are generally perceived as mysterious and magical, and sometimes foreboding, and if one is mentioned in a story chances are at some point the characters will have to find their way through it, perhaps while being chased or trying to beat the Villains to the center. The Hedge Maze is a type of Maze found in ornamental gardens with walls made out of hedges, often found on the grounds of a Bright Castle, Haunted Castle or Big Fancy House. ![]()
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