The Complete Charlie Chan Series. MultiBook

Earl Derr Biggers

Charlie Chen the hero of the detective series, owned by the pen of the American writer Earl D. Biggers. Biggers wrote about two dozen action stories and plays, but he has been preserved in the memory of many generations of readers primarily as the creator of the image of this handsome inspector, the immense thickness of a Chinese living in Honolulu, where he now has to deal with purely Chinese dexterity. The multibook includes the most read novels of the author, such as: The House Without a Key, The Chinese Parrot, Behind That Curtain, The Black Camel, Charlie Chan Carries On, Keeper of the Keys.

The Ebony Stick

Earl Derr Biggers

No sooner had Bob from the Silver Star ranch reached Italy than a telegram arrived asking for $1,000. A pretty woman was behind it, but that wasnt all. This early work by Earl Derr Biggers was originally published in 1916. The Ebony Stick is one of Biggers shorter stories, published after his death. The son of Robert J. and Emma E. (Derr) Biggers, Earl Derr Biggers was born in Warren, Ohio, and graduated from Harvard University in 1907. While on holiday in Hawaii, Biggers heard tales of a real-life Chinese detective operating in Honolulu, named Chang Apana. This inspired him to create his most enduring legacy in the character of super-sleuth Charlie Chan. Many of his plays and novels were made into movies.

The House Without a Key

Earl Derr Biggers

Charlie Chan, the first Chinese detective in literature, is modeled after Chang Apana, a real-life police detective in Honolulu. A family originally from Boston, the Winterslips, has some members living in Hawaii. You can almost feel the gentle trade winds of Hawaii during the 1920s in this classic novel by Earl Derr Biggers. One of the wealthy Winterslips living in Hawaii is murdered. A younger member of the family, John Quincy Winterslip, has been sent to Boston to check up on his Aunt Minerva and persuade her to return to Boston. He arrives in Honolulu and gets involved in the investigation and is determined to see it through to the end, before he returns to the mainland. Romantic and full of atmosphere, this is a most enjoyable read that was our first introduction to Charlie Chan.

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Earl Derr Biggers

W ekskluzywnym wieżowcu niespełna trzydziestoletniego milionera Bary'ego Kirka spotykają się sir Fryderyk Bruce - dymisjonowany detektyw Scotland Yardu oraz Charlie Chan - sierżant policji z Honolulu. Gdy na dwudziestym pierwszym piętrze apartamentowca odbywa się huczne przyjęcie, piętro niżej ktoś morduje Bruce'a. Chan rozpoczyna śledztwo, z którego wynika, że detektyw przybył do San Francisco w związku z prowadzoną przez siebie przed laty sprawą. W 1932 r. na podstawie książki został nakręcony amerykański kryminał "Charlie Chan's Chance", zaś w 1973 r. w ramach serii Teatr Sensacji "Kobra" zrealizowano w Polsce spektakl telewizyjny, w którym zagrali . Karol Strasburger i Kalina Jędrusik.