Books with title Dope Deal

A tale of black smoke by the author of the Fu-Manchu stories. “A year ago England was shaken by the disclosures attending the Billie Carleton case. This well-known actress was found dead in a London hotel following an overdose of drugs. An official investigation followed and it was discovered that the vice of drug-taking was alarmingly widespread among some of the wealthiest classes of English society, and that the traffic in drugs was well-developed and amazing in its ramifications.. That is the situation today in some of our American cities, and it stands as one of our great unsolved problems. It is this problem – the secret menace of drugs and the traffic in them – which Sax Rohmer has used as a basis for ‘Dope,’ is latest and most powerful novel. ‘Dope’ is a mystery story with that Oriental setting in which Rohmer is at his best, with splendid characterization and page after page of exciting incident. But it is also an expose, based upon actual knowledge, of vicious conditions so general and so threatening that the book acquires an importance which no ordinary mystery story can possibly achieve. We predict that ‘Dope’ will be more popular than anything that Rohmer has previous written.” -Publishers Weekly Volume 96, Part 1, July 5, 1919 Kazmah the 'dream reader' and other memorable characters populate this tale of terror, as sinister Eastern forces work to control post-Edwardian London through the opium trade... Sax Rohmer, creator of Fu Manchu, returns to the Yellow Menace theme that so characterized his work;. Dope is a gripping story of drug-addiction and abuse among the London upper classes and is one of his most popular novels.

Set in the Limehouse area of London, Dope is a story of Chinatown and the drug traffic and concerns itself with cannabis use. It is based on the story of Billie Carleton, a young English actress whose scandalous lifestyle ended with her death from a drug overdose. It is Rohmer's most popular novel, and generally voted a better story than any of the Fu-Manchu books, has taxed the vocabularies of all the reviewers in the country to find the right word to describe its thrilling appeal.

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Dope, a Story of Chinatown is a non-Fu Manchu novel that marks the first appearance of Chief Inspector Red Kerry. Kerry is a smart cop who uses his brain as well as his brawn to outwit and capture the criminals that threaten his city and its people. He is a physically tough man with red hair (Rohmer plays up the description more than once during the book). He brooks very little BS from anyone including his fellow officers. Because he is incorruptible and gets results, he has the backing of his superiors. In this tale, we have society and wealthy people who become ensnared in the drug culture of the early 20th century. Although there was no prohibition in the UK, they lived the same glittery life as did Americans before the Great Depression. Alcohol and drugs helped fuel the boom and the people. Kerry is trying to solve a mystery that involves a mystic/drug dealer and embroils him in a web of deceit, Chinese merchants, and passions.