The Cry of the Nighthawk

In the eighth installment of the serial, a venom‑laden feline assassin is catapulted from a towering oak, its poisoned talons aimed squarely at the intrepid detective Nayland Smith. The lethal projectile, a cat whose very claws are laced with toxin, suggests the invisible hand of the diabolical Dr. Fu‑Manchu, whose reputation for orchestrating macabre stratagems looms ominously over the episode. As the narrative unfurls, the audience is drawn into a chiaroscuro of intrigue, where every rustle of leaves and every shadowed silhouette hints at a deeper conspiracy. The ensemble—Humberston Wright, Fred Paul, H. Cundall, Joan Clarkson, H. Agar Lyons, and Frank Wilson—populate this perilous tableau, while the script, a collaborative effort by Sax Rohmer, Frank Wilson, and A.E. Coleby, weaves a taut tapestry of suspense and dread.