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...
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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
CONTENTS; PART I - THE COWLED MAN; Chapter I - The Shadow of a Cowl; Chapter II - The Pibroch of the M'Gregors; Chapter III - The Scorpion's Tail; Chapter IV - Mademoiselle Dorian; Chapter V - The Sealed Envelope; Chapter VI - The Assistant Commissioner; Chapter VII - Contents of the Sealed Envelope; Chapter VIII - The Assistant Commissioner's Theory; Chapter IX - The Chinese Coin; Chapter X - "Close Your Shutters at Night"; Chapter XI - The Blue Ray; PART II - STATEMENT OF GASTON MAX; I - The Dancer of Montmartre; Chapter I - Zara El-Khala; Chapter II - Concerning the Grand Duke
Chapter III - A Strange QuestionChapter IV - The Fight in the Cafe; II - "Le Balafre"; Chapter I - I Become Charles Malet; Chapter II - Baiting the Trap; Chapter III - Disappearance of Charles Malet; Chapter IV - I Meet an Old Acquaintance; Chapter V - Conclusion of Statement; PART III - AT THE HOUSE OF AH-FANG-FU; Chapter I - The Brain-Thieves; Chapter II - The Red Circle; Chapter III - Miska's Story; Chapter IV - Miska's Story (Concluded); Chapter V - The Heart of Chunda Lal; Chapter VI - The Man with the Scar; Chapter VII - In the Opium Den; Chapter VIII - The Green-Eyed Joss
PART IV - THE LAIR OF THE SCORPIONChapter I - The Sublime Order; Chapter II - The Living Death; Chapter III - The Fifth Secret of Rache Churan; Chapter IV - The Guile of the East; Chapter V - What Happened to Stuart; Chapter VI - "Jey Bhowani!"; Chapter VII - The Way of a Scorpion; Endnotes;
