Bat Wing: A Well-written Sax Rohmer Thriller With Shades of Haitian Voodoo

Bat Wing is the prequel to Fire Tongue and is a welcome introduction to the character of Paul Harley, an English consulting detective, more along the literary lines of Poe's C. Auguste Dupin than Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.

This well-written mystery deals with Haitian Voodoo, the death sign of a bat wing, and the lengths people will go through for vengeance.

Though Rohmer is best known for his literary arch villain Fu Manchu, the non-Fu Manchu stories are usually better written with more satisfying plots and more interesting characters. Bat Wing and its sequel are a worthy investment of time.