Author: Earl Derr Biggers
Year: 1925
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Classic, Mystery, Free books, Fiction, Crime
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9780445402195
9781543267020
0445402199
1543267025 |
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"I would put Charlie Chan among the ten best fictional detectives." -Rex Stout
Charlie Chan is back!
Earl Derr Biggers' crackling six-volume series featuring the clever, chubby Chinese Detective of the Honolulu Police Department, is coming back into print.
Biggers brings Honolulu to life with his deft descriptions of the landscape and its hybrid ethnic communities. And with the creation of Inspector Chan, Biggers also shatters stereotypes and is ahead of his time in highlighting the positive aspects of Chinese-Hawaiian culture.
In this first novel, published in 1925, Chan comes to the aid of an aristocratic Boston family who find themselves in dire straits over what has befallen Dan Winterslip, the black sheep of the family, who lives in a mansion on Waikiki Beach - the house without a key.
The troubles begin when a young nephew is dispatched by the family in Boston to retrieve a wayward aunt who has overstayed her welcome in Dan Winterslip's house.
This book is part of the "Charlie Chan" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Keeper of the Keys"
First published in 1932
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 | "The Black Camel"
First published in 1929
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 | "Behind That Curtain"
First published in 1928
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 | "The Chinese Parrot"
First published in 1926
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