The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu

by Sax Rohmer

"The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu" by Sax Rohmer is a novel published in 1913. When Nayland Smith arrives unexpectedly from Burma, Dr. Petrie learns of a sinister threat: the brilliant Chinese criminal Dr. Fu Manchu is targeting men connected to India. Through London's opium dens and English country estates, Smith pursues this master poisoner and chemist, who leads a mysterious "Third Party" and seeks to capture Europe's best engineers for an unknown purpose. But Fu Manchu proves a cunning adversary who outwits his pursuers at every turn.