(*) symbol related to a series of murders for the past 24 months. Lt. Poole has put it together. No interrogation. Guy in cells choked on his own tongue. Didn't speak English. Occult Expert - Mordecai Lemming, in Manhattan, Dr of Folklore.
Black Power relates somehow to the symbol. Mordecai books more fictional, seems like a hack.
Research assistant Lois Land, asst. to Prof Cowles. Cult workships the father of all Bats. Died hundreds of years ago. From Australia. Poison bat bat club.
Miriam Atwood - Book is Africa's Dark Sect by Nigel Blackwell (presumed deceased). Place in London - G'harne Fragments, held by the Penhew Foundation (member of the Carlyle Expedition, Sir Aubrey Penhew, presumed dead).
G'harne Fragments, Sir Amery Wendy-Smith, prehistoric civilisation in Africa ?non-human?.
The Ju Ju House, possible black market or drug smugglers.
Meet Antonio in the Speakeasy, presumed mafioso - End there.
Working theories:
-African drug smuggling ring
-Genuine occult secret gang protecting their secrets
-Cover up by Elizabeth Carlyle to take family fortune and break the girlfriends control?
-Something else?