If you're hankering for a classic mystery with a twist of the exotic, you can't go wrong with Sax Rohmer's The Green Eyes of Bast. What starts out as a run-of-the-mill murder investigation turns into something else altogether once the intrepid detective Dr. Damar Greefe is on the case. With elements of Egyptian folklore and a page-turning plot, this is a novel you won't be able to put down.