Tales of Chinatown

London's Limehouse district, 1922. Beneath the gaslit streets and opium dens lurks a world where ancient Eastern cunning meets the brutal machinery of Scotland Yard. When a Chinaman turns up dead in mysterious circumstances, two underworld figures, Jim Poland and Freddy Cohen, find themselves caught between warring powers: the terrifying old Huang Chow, whose reach extends through every shadowed alley and smoke-filled basement, and the determined investigators of Scotland Yard who know that evil minds like Dr. Fu Manchu operate here with impunity. Chief Inspector Kerry begins to pull at threads that connect sudden deaths, vanishing bodies, and a web of crime woven through the heart of London's most notorious quarter. Rohmer wrote what he knew, the author actually penetrated the Limehouse underworld to bring readers sudden deaths in peculiar ways, mysterious disappearances, and crimes where human life counts for little. The result is a time capsule of noir atmosphere and period exoticism that continues to fascinate readers drawn to the shadows where East meets West in deadly earnest.