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Sax Rohmer; Introduction By Gene Christie

 
9781933586496: Bat Wing / Fire-Tongue (Stark House Mystery Classics)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1933586494 ISBN 13 : 9781933586496
Editeur : Stark House Press, 2014

Synopsis

Sax Rohmer is the creator of the famous Asian villain, Fu Manchu. This volume features two occult mysteries from the 1920s featuring investigator Paul Harvey, Rohmer s homage to Poe s C. Auguste Dupin.

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À propos de l'auteur

Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward, known to readers as Sax Rohmer, was born in Birmingham on February 15, 1883 to a working class Irish Catholic family. He started his career writing songs and comedy sketches for Music Hall revues. His first novel, The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, introduced the world to this mysterious and elusive villain, eventually featured in twelve subsequent novels. Rohmer took painstaking care in his arcane research, with many mysteries featuring such occult investigative characters as Gaston Max, Red Kerry, Morris Klaw and Paul Harley. Besides also authoring several novels of supernatural horror, toward the end of his career, Rohmer enjoyed another success with a female Fu Manchu known as Sumuru. He married Rose Elizabeth Knox in 1909 and after World War II, they moved to New York, returning to London shortly before Rohmer s death in London on June 1, 1959, of influenza.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

BAT WING Occult detective Paul Harley is presented with his toughest case when he is asked to investigate a case of Voodoo magic at an estate in Surrey. He and his partner, Malcolm Knox, are contacted by wealthy land baron, Colonel Menendez, who is convinced that his life is in peril. He is certain that an Obeah threat has followed him from Cuba when a bat wing is found nailed to his door. When Harley and Knox arrive at Cray's Folly they find a household filled with vague menace. Mendendez's cousin, Madame de Stämer, is putting on a brave front, but her companion, Val Beverley, knows that someone has been wandering the halls at night. And why does their neighbor, Colin Camber, hate the Colonel so much? Is there any significance in their shared ties to Voodoo? And can Harley find out what is behind these threats before this case ends in murder? FIRE-TONGUE Paul Harley is takes on a new client when Sir Charles Abingdon, a retired bone specialist, appears at his door one evening. Abingdon believes his life to be in danger and asks for Harley's aid. He believes he is being followed though he can get no clear look at his pursuer. A manuscript of his has gone missing, and he has been recently attacked in the street. He asks Harley to dine with him that night and upon arriving, Harley senses an atmosphere of danger but can pick up nothing specific. Sir Charles further confesses that he is distressed by the attentions a distinguished Persian gentleman has been showing his daughter, Phyllis Abingdon. And now, as they sit to dinner, Sir Charles is gripped by a sudden seizure, rasping out the words, “Fire-Tongue….Nicol Brinn,” before collapsing into his chair. Harley discovers all too soon that Sir Charles' sudden death isn't from natural causes, and that a larger mystery looms over them all.

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

BAT WING Occult detective Paul Harley is presented with his toughest case when he is asked to investigate a case of Voodoo magic at an estate in Surrey. He and his partner, Malcolm Knox, are contacted by wealthy land baron, Colonel Menendez, who is convinced that his life is in peril. He is certain that an Obeah threat has followed him from Cuba when a bat wing is found nailed to his door. When Harley and Knox arrive at Cray's Folly they find a household filled with vague menace. Mendendez's cousin, Madame de Stämer, is putting on a brave front, but her companion, Val Beverley, knows that someone has been wandering the halls at night. And why does their neighbor, Colin Camber, hate the Colonel so much? Is there any significance in their shared ties to Voodoo? And can Harley find out what is behind these threats before this case ends in murder? FIRE-TONGUE Paul Harley is takes on a new client when Sir Charles Abingdon, a retired bone specialist, appears at his door one evening. Abingdon believes his life to be in danger and asks for Harley's aid. He believes he is being followed though he can get no clear look at his pursuer. A manuscript of his has gone missing, and he has been recently attacked in the street. He asks Harley to dine with him that night and upon arriving, Harley senses an atmosphere of danger but can pick up nothing specific. Sir Charles further confesses that he is distressed by the attentions a distinguished Persian gentleman has been showing his daughter, Phyllis Abingdon. And now, as they sit to dinner, Sir Charles is gripped by a sudden seizure, rasping out the words, Fire-Tongue .Nicol Brinn, before collapsing into his chair. Harley discovers all too soon that Sir Charles' sudden death isn't from natural causes, and that a larger mystery looms over them all.

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Éditeur
Stark House Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1933586494
ISBN 13 
9781933586496
Reliure
Paperback
Nombre de pages
372
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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