Sax Rohmer
This juicy tale from Sax Rohmer, the British author who introduced the criminal genius Dr. Fu Manchu to the world, follows an elite group of Muslim assassins who are given the mission of exacting vengeance on those responsible for absconding with one of Islam's most holy relics—an intricately decorated slipper purported to have belonged to Muhammad himself.
Although best known as the creator of the Fu-Manchu series of mystery novels, British author Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (who usually wrote under the pseudonym Sax Rohmer) also penned a number of science fiction, fantasy, and supernatural novels. Long himself associated with the occult, Rohmer brings captivating depth and detail to his story of a dabbler in the supernatural whose dark interests spin out of control—with tragic results.
In a marked departure from the genre mysteries that brought him literary fame, Fu Manchu creator Sax Rohmer switches gears and crafts a pastoral idyll in the sophisticated romance novel The Orchard of Tears. Prone to intellectual musings, protagonist Paul Merle spends his days critically analyzing the world around him. Will he ever find room for an affair of the heart?
4) Fire-Tongue
Detective Paul Harley investigates cases that go beyond your standard-issue crimes and misdemeanors—his inquiries often veer into the realm of the supernatural. In the novel Fire-Tongue, Harley finds himself up against a shadowy secret society that will stop at nothing to achieve world domination. Will he be able to thwart their nefarious plot before it's too late?
If you're hankering for a classic mystery with a twist of the exotic, you can't go wrong with Sax Rohmer's The Green Eyes of Bast. What starts out as a run-of-the-mill murder investigation turns into something else altogether once the intrepid detective Dr. Damar Greefe is on the case. With elements of Egyptian folklore and a page-turning plot, this is a novel you won't be able to put down.
The Sins of Severac Bablon is a thrilling crime novel from the author who would go on to pen the beloved Fu Manchu series. In this story, criminal mastermind Severac Bablon sets out to balance the scales of social justice by extorting a series of affluent victims and forcing them to donate vast sums of money to a variety of charitable causes.
Also published under the title The Return of Fu-Manchu, this is the second entry in the long-lived and ever-popular series of mystery novels featuring the criminal genius Dr. Fu-Manchu. Delve into the workings of the mind of a diabolically brilliant underworld figure in this pulse-pounding thriller.
Best remembered as the creator of the criminal mastermind Dr. Fu Manchu, British author Sax Rohmer penned a remarkable variety of novels and short stories in the crime, mystery, and action-adventure genres. In The Golden Scorpion, intrepid detectives Gaston Max and Inspector Dunbar are in hot pursuit of a group of deadly assassins who appear to be systematically snuffing out the world's most prominent scientists.
At the turn of the twentieth century, the high-society leisure class of London was gripped by an unsettling epidemic: wanton abuse of opium. In this classic mystery from the author who later developed the Fu Manchu series, an intrepid detective sets out to rid the city of this scourge.
10) Bat Wing
Bat Wing is the first Paul Harley detective story. Harley is called on to investigate a mysterious case in the heart of London, involving voodoo, vampirism and macabre murder.
This series is considered one of Rohmer's best outside his famous Dr. Fu Manchu series.
Prolific British author Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward, who wrote under the pseudonym Sax Rohmer, brought to life the character Dr. Fu-Manchu, a brilliant criminal mastermind of Chinese descent. This archetype has gone on to become enormously appealing in popular culture, based in large part on the ingenious characterization that Rohmer sketched out in the Fu-Manchu series.
If you're in the mood for a collection of engaging and well-wrought detective and mystery stories with a stout dose of local color thrown in, Tales of Chinatown from British author Sax Rohmer, the creator of the Fu Manchu series, will definitely fit the bill. These tales are largely set in and around London's Chinatown, and each mystery exposes a different element of the famed enclave's seedy underbelly.
Craving a classic mystery, complete with well-drawn characters, plenty of twists and turns, and an airtight story? Try The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu from renowned British author Sax Rohmer. In this novel, the scheming doctor has returned with a vengeance, hell-bent on making a mint with his nefarious plots.
14) Dope
Think drug addition is solely a modern-day affliction? Think again. This century-old mystery novel is a testament to the fact that substance abuse has been around nearly as long as the substances themselves. As is often the case, increasing demand for illicit drugs has led to a spike in crime. Can this intrepid detective stem the tide?
This first novel in Sax Rohmer's series, The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu combined together previously written short stories into a single story about the dealings of this criminal mastermind. Master poisoner, chemist, member of the "Yellow Peril", and wearer of iconographic facial hair, Fu Manchu is "the greatest genius which the powers of evil have put on the earth for centuries." Although his dark purpose is not yet clear, Fu Manchu seems
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