Project Gutenberg 2025-10-14 Public domain in the USA. 313 Rohmer, Sax 1883 1959 Ward, Arthur Sarsfield Schwieder, Arthur 1884 1965 The dream detective $aNew York :$bMckinlay, Stone & Mackenzie, $c1925. Case of the tragedies in the Greek Room -- Case of the potsherd of Anubis -- Case of the crusader's ax -- Case of the ivory statue -- Case of the Blue Rajah -- Case of the whispering poplars -- Case of the chord in G -- Case of the headless mummies -- Case of the haunting of Grange -- Case of the veil of Isis. an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer "The dream detective" by Sax Rohmer is a collection of detective stories written in the early 20th century. It follows the eccentric, occult-leaning sleuth Moris Klaw and his sharp-witted daughter Isis as they unravel uncanny crimes often tied to museums, relics, and legends, accompanied by a skeptical inspector and a journalist-biographer. Expect locked-room puzzles, exotic lore, and audacious disguises. The opening of this collection presents two complete cases and the start of a third. First, a night watchman dies in a locked gallery at the Menzies Museum; Klaw’s “dream” method and keen observation reveal a booby‑trapped “Athenean Harp” that lethally pricks whoever lifts it after it has been played, and the culprit proves to be the curator’s sleepwalking daughter unknowingly setting events in motion. Next, an Egyptian potsherd coveted by a suave new neighbor leads to eerie séances and a daring theft; the twist shows that “Doctor Zeda” and the phantom singer were Klaw in disguise and Isis, retrieving the artifact as a matter of poetic justice. The third tale opens with Klaw and allies called to Crespie Hall, where a new owner is found slain by a crusader’s ax in the old banqueting hall, setting the stage for another impossible‑seeming mystery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/dreamdetectivebe00rohm/ 20251007113937rohmer 1925 US en London (England) -- Fiction Detective and mystery stories, English Antique dealers -- Fiction PR Text 458782 2025-11-30T10:27:59.854248 text/html 436850 2025-10-14T11:10:37 text/html 580976 2025-11-30T10:28:05.678225 application/epub+zip 586661 2025-11-30T10:28:00.973281 application/epub+zip 268465 2025-11-30T10:28:00.367235 application/epub+zip 852122 2025-11-30T10:28:09.447239 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 832489 2025-11-30T10:28:05.189260 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424759 2025-11-30T10:27:58.712243 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 404983 2025-10-14T11:10:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16380 2025-11-30T10:28:09.594190 application/rdf+xml 13003 2025-11-30T10:28:00.588263 image/jpeg 2651 2025-11-30T10:28:00.478226 image/jpeg 801577 2025-11-30T10:27:59.901300 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia