Dope
Sax Rohmer
43 chapters · 9 h 40 min · English
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Crime & Mystery Fiction
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A minor lord is killed and a rich socialite is missing, and they are both tied to the enigmatic Kazmah the Dream Reader, who has also disappeared. New Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Red Kerry scours post-WWI London looking for clues, encountering rich Bohemians, theatre people, landed gentry, sailors, and, stereotypically, sinister Chinese people and sneaky Jews. The story is based on the history of Billie Carleton, a young English actress whose scandalous lifestyle ended with her death from a drug overdose in 1918. (Note that this work contains dated material and attitudes which may be offensive to listeners.) - Summary by TriciaG
Chapters
1 Part First, Kazmah the Dream-Reader Chapter I. A Message for Irvin 10 min 2 Chapter II. The Apartments of Kazmah 10 min 3 Chapter III. Kazmah 8 min 4 Chapter IV. The Closed Door 14 min 5 Chapter V. The Door Is Opened 16 min 6 Chapter VI. Red Kerry 19 min 7 Chapter VII. Further Evidence 7 min 8 Chapter VIII. Kerry Consults the Oracle 16 min 9 Chapter IX. A Packet of Cigarettes 9 min 10 Chapter X. Sir Lucien's Study Window 11 min 11 Chapter XI. The Drug Syndicate 15 min 12 Part Second, Mrs. Sin Chapter XII. The Maid of the Masque 15 min 13 Chapter XIII. A Chandu Party 14 min 14 Chapter XIV. In the Shade of the Lonely Palm 15 min 15 Chapter XV. Metamorphosis 12 min 16 Chapter XVI. Limehouse 17 min 17 Chapter XVII. The Black Smoke 14 min 18 Chapter XVIII. The Dream of Sin Sin Wa 15 min 19 Chapter XIX. The Traffic 13 min 20 Chapter XX. Kazmah's Methods 13 min 21 Chapter XXI. The Cigarettes from Buenos Ayres 16 min 22 Chapter XXII. The Strangle-Hold 12 min 23 Part Third, The Man from Whitehall Chapter XXIII. Chief Inspector Kerry Resigns 15 min 24 Chapter XXIV. To Introduce 719 10 min 25 Chapter XXV. Night-Life of Soho 18 min 26 Chapter XXVI. The Moods of Mollie 10 min 27 Chapter XXVII. Crown Evidence 14 min 28 Chapter XXVIII. The Gilded Joss 13 min 29 Chapter XXIX. Doubts and Fears 10 min 30 Chapter XXX. The Fight in the Dark 13 min 31 Chapter XXXI. The Story of 719 13 min 32 Chapter XXXII. On the Isle of Dogs 21 min 33 Part Fourth, The Eye of Sin Sin Wa Chapter XXXIII. Chinese Magic 14 min 34 Chapter XXXIV. Above and Below 21 min 35 Chapter XXXV. Beyond the Veil 9 min 36 Chapter XXXVI. Sam Tuk Moves 16 min 37 Chapter XXXVII. Seton Pasha Reports 8 min 38 Chapter XXXVIIII. The Song of Sin Sin Wa 12 min 39 Chapter XXXIX. The Empty Wharf 11 min 40 Chapter XL. Coil of the Pigtail 18 min 41 Chapter XLI. The Finding of Kazmah 14 min 42 Chapter XLII. A Year Later 17 min 43 Chapter XLIII. The Story of the Crime 10 min
