Mr. Monte Irvin hires a private investigation agency to follow his wife. He suspects that she is having an affair, but he wants proof first before he confronts her. The agency calls to let Irvin know that his wife has met up with a Mr. Pyne and that a Mr. Gray has also joined them. Together, they enter Kazmah's, a fortune teller of sorts. He is able to read and interpret your dreams. Mr. Irvin arrives at the fortune teller's to confront them. The office is locked eerily quiet when he arrives. When the door is opened, it's discovered that Mr. Pyne has been stabbed and lays dead upon the divan. Mrs. Irvin and Kazmah, however, are nowhere in sight. Could they have been kidnapped? Or is there something else going on?
Dope was one of the earliest novels in the thriller genre concerning the drug trade.
Sax Rohmer was a prolific author of early science fiction and fantasy. He was perhaps best known for creating the super-villian, Dr. Fu Manchu -- a character who went on the become the subject of many films and, in fact, much plundering. (Think about it for a moment: how many evil Chinese Mandarin masterminds have you heard tell of? Remember Ian Fleming's Dr. No? Flash Gordon's Ming the Merciless? Lo-Pan, from Big Trouble in Little China? Egg Fu, from Wonder Woman? Iron Man's Mandarin? Be careful. They're everywhere.)
