The Case of the Black Lotus

by Robert J. Hogan

Murder, swift and unseen -- taking as its toll the most prominent citizens of New York, and marking them with blood and horror, the trail of the mysterious Black Lotus. What was the purpose of this silent scourge, that stilled the innocent in sudden death? Val Kildare knew this much at least; that the fiend behind the slaughter killed not for vengeance but for pleasure!