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Four brilliant men have died mysteriously, and the only clue is the carved tail of a golden scorpion, left beside their bodies. The man behind the horror calls himself "The Scorpion," and he clearly is a man of superior cunning. When the finest detectives of France and England join forces to stop "The Scorpion" before he can add a fifth victim to his list, the twisting trail takes them through the haunts of London's underworld to the seamy opium dens...
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He was the most brilliant man alive; his very existence a scientific miracle. Yet evil was his nature and evil was the only end he served. Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie, the sworn enemies of Fu Manchu, had little knowledge of the dangers that awaited them. For the evil Doctor had one weapon in his fiendish arsenal from which there was no escape: the love of a beautiful woman. "The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu" was written by Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward,...
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The novel that introduced the world to its deadliest villain In the Burmese rainforest, an arrow steeped in the venom of the hamadryad snake, the deadliest reptile of the East, strikes colonial police commissioner Nayland Smith. His only hope is to immediately cauterize the wound using a sharp knife, a match, and a broken cartridge. For three delirious days, he lies on the forest floor, too weak to move. When the fever finally breaks, he walks out...
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A society woman's mysterious death sets off a twisting murder investigation in this 1915 crime novel featuring Inspector Dunbar and Gaston Max.
Popular novelist Henry Leroux is working late into the night when a woman in grave distress arrives at his door. Wearing little beneath her fur coat and clearly in need of medical attention, the woman dies before she can explain why she has sought Leroux out. It is a baffling investigation for Scotland Yard's...
5) Fire-Tongue
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A London detective is drawn into the web of a deadly cult in this mystery novel by the author of Bat Wing and the Fu Manchu novels.
Private investigator Paul Harvey is no stranger to the perils of the Far East, but he is about to encounter a force more deadly than any he has known before. Harvey is visited in his London office by Sir Charles Abingdon, a man he once met years ago in India. Sir Charles believes his life is in danger. But before he...
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The theft of a holy relic sets off a deadly plot to reclaim it in this globe-trotting adventure by the author of the Fu-Manchu novels.
Returning to England aboard the S.S. Mandalay, a journalist named Cavanagh is struck by an unsettling occurrence at Port Said, Egypt. A wounded beggar is brought aboard-his hand having been cut off-as he carried a professor's luggage. This brutal episode is only Cavanagh's first encounter with a merciless network...
7) Dope
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A detective must navigate London's seedy opium dens after a troubled socialite disappears in this 1919 mystery novel.
Alderman Monte Irvin is favored by many to become London's next Lord Mayor. So why would he have his wife followed by private detectives? Rita Irvin has been exhibiting distressing behavior, and when she's seen with a gentleman entering the home of an enigmatic perfume dealer, Monte fears his worst suspicions have been confirmed....
8) Bat Wing
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A London PI investigates a case of voodoo and vampirism in this classic mystery from the golden age of detective fiction.
When detective Paul Harley is visited by Col. Juan Menendez, he is intrigued by the man's mysterious tale of being followed and threatened by a shadowy figure. As an officer of the Spanish West Indies, Menendez had reason to flee his colonial properties. But now he finds that England is not far enough to escape his enemies. Soon...
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A modern-day Robin Hood outsmarts London's elite in this 1925 crime novel by the author of the Fu Manchu novels.
Jewish criminal mastermind Séverac Bablon is on a mission to combat the negative stereotypes of his people by blackmailing wealthy Jews into giving to charity. Like a modern-day Robin Hood, he steals in the name of the poor and outcast, inspiring philanthropy with the barrel of a gun. As the rich go to greater and greater lengths to stop...
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