The Legendary Detectives II: 8 Classic Novelettes Featuring the World

Sax Rohmer

Sax Rohmer (1883-1959), forever immortal for his creation of the arch-villain of mystery literature, Fu Manchu, was equally well-known for his many detective novels featuring sleuths like the resourceful Paul Harley (Bat-Wing1921), the ultra-French Gaston Max (The Yellow Claw 1915), and the dream detective, Moris Klaw. The Fu Manchu books, beginning with The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu (1913) are themselves full of mystery and detection, with super-sleuth, Commissioner Sir Denis Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, tracking down and foiling the multitudinous plots of his fiendish foe. The Moris Klaw stories are a different kettle of fish entirely. Assisted by his beautiful, spiritually-developed daughter, Isis, Klaw visits the scene of a crime, absorbs the clues and atmosphere, then quite literally sleeps on the matter (a sound psychological technique, according to contemporary scientific research) – with the solution usually revealing itself in a dream. Moris Klaw appeared in only one volume of stories, The Dream Detective (1920), but it was immediately recognized as a classic and has been highly-prized by mystery fans ever since.