Series
Gaston Max
Sax Rohmer · 4 novels · 1915–1943
Sax Rohmer's Gaston Max novels follow a Parisian detective skilled in disguise, beginning with The Yellow Claw (1915), in which Max confronts a criminal mastermind known as Mr. King -- a villain in the mold of Rohmer's more famous creation, Dr. Fu Manchu. The loosely connected series continues across The Golden Scorpion and later books into the 1940s.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
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The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
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By decade
- 1910s2
- 1920s0
- 1930s1
- 1940s1
Shape
4 novels
1 author · completed series
reads like:mystery & detectivemurder investigationour worldearly 20th centurymysteriousadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book4 of 4 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Seven Sinsdarkest · calmest
- The Day the World Endedbrightest · most intense