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Dope

by Sax Rohmer

Pages
about 319
Category
Literature & Fiction
Language
English
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PART FIRST—KAZMAH THE DREAM-READER CHAPTER I. A MESSAGE FOR IRVIN CHAPTER II. THE APARTMENTS OF KAZMAH CHAPTER III. KAZMAH CHAPTER IV. THE CLOSED DOOR CHAPTER V. THE DOOR IS OPENED CHAPTER VI. RED KERRY CHAPTER VII. FURTHER EVIDENCE CHAPTER VIII. KERRY CONSULTS THE ORACLE CHAPTER IX. A PACKET OF CIGARETTES CHAPTER X. SIR LUCIEN’S STUDY WINDOW CHAPTER XI. THE DRUG SYNDICATE

PART SECOND—MRS. SIN CHAPTER XII. THE MAID OF THE MASQUE CHAPTER XIII. A CHANDU PARTY CHAPTER XIV. IN THE SHADE OF THE LONELY PALM CHAPTER XV. METAMORPHOSIS CHAPTER XVI. LIMEHOUSE CHAPTER XVII. THE BLACK SMOKE CHAPTER XVIII. THE DREAM OF SIN SIN WA CHAPTER XIX. THE TRAFFIC CHAPTER XX. KAZMAH’S METHODS CHAPTER XXI. THE CIGARETTES FROM BUENOS AYRES CHAPTER XXII. THE STRANGLE-HOLD

PART THIRD—THE MAN FROM WHITEHALL CHAPTER XXIII. CHIEF INSPECTOR KERRY RESIGNS CHAPTER XXIV. TO INTRODUCE 719 CHAPTER XXV. NIGHT-LIFE OF SOHO CHAPTER XXVI. THE MOODS OF MOLLIE CHAPTER XXVII. CROWN EVIDENCE CHAPTER XXVIII. THE GILDED JOSS CHAPTER XXIX. DOUBTS AND FEARS CHAPTER XXX. THE FIGHT IN THE DARK CHAPTER XXXI. THE STORY OF 719 CHAPTER XXXII. ON THE ISLE OF DOGS

PART FOURTH—THE EYE OF SIN SIN WA CHAPTER XXXIII. CHINESE MAGIC CHAPTER XXXIV. ABOVE AND BELOW CHAPTER XXXV. BEYOND THE VEIL CHAPTER XXXVI. SAM TÛK MOVES CHAPTER XXXVII. SETON PASHA REPORTS CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE SONG OF SIN SIN WA CHAPTER XXXIX. THE EMPTY WHARF CHAPTER XL. COIL OF THE PIGTAIL CHAPTER XLI. THE FINDING OF KAZMAH CHAPTER XLII. A YEAR LATER CHAPTER XLIII. THE STORY OF THE CRIME

Monte Irvin, alderman of the city and prospective Lord Mayor of London, paced restlessly from end to end of the well-appointed library of his house in Prince’s Gate. Between his teeth he gripped the stump of a burnt-out cigar. A tiny spaniel lay beside the fire, his beady black eyes following the nervous movements of the master of the house.

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