Fu Manchu's Bride (The Bride of Fu Manchu)

FirstUSedn Thus, 8vo black cloth w/red titles. First U.S. edition, published in England as The Bride of Fu Manchu, published for the Crime Club. Ex-lib w/usual faults. Cloth rubbed, edgeworn, spine tips frayed, hinges loose but holding. Ow G/ndj: 319pp.  "The emperor of the underworld had raised her from birth to carry on his monstrous line. . . ." Fu Manchu has a plot to release a biological plague on Europe. The seventh Fu Manchu novel.  A strange epidemic is sweeping the Riviera. In desperation the French authorities call upon Dr Petrie to find an answer. During this crisis, a mysterious siren on the beach captivates Alan Sterling. She tells him her name only Fleurette and flees. When Petrie's lab cultures show up sleeping sickness and plague, they call in Sir Denis Nayland Smith. It is not long before their investigations lead them to Fleurette and to Dr Fu Manchu.