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Honolulu detective Charlie Chan goes undercover in the California desert in this classic mystery adventure.
The transfer of a valuable string of pearls from Hawaii to California draws Honolulu detective Charlie Chan into the orbit of an eccentric financier with a penchant for exotic pets. When he encounters a Chinese-speaking parrot, Chan is intrigued by the provocative and dangerous question it asks. And when the bird mysteriously dies, Chan is determined...
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"In this 5th installment of the classic series of mysteries featuring Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, we meet Scotland Yard's Inspector Duff, first introduced in Behind That Curtain. Duff is pursuing a callous murderer on an around-the-world tour, and it is only when the ship is docked in Honolulu and Duff is gravely wounded, does Charlie Chan take on the case. This is decidedly unfortunate for the guilty party, because Chan has the culprit well...
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Academy Chicago Publishers
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2009.
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"Death is the black camel that kneels unbidden at every gate." This is what Charlie Chan tells the guests of the unfortunate Shelah Fane, a glamorous Hollywood movie star who has been murdered while on location beach side in Honolulu. Here the detective confronts his most perplexing case of his long and illustrious career. Chan is aided by a mysterious fortune teller named Tarneverro the Great. It appears that Miss Fane had summoned Tarneverro to...
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Academy Chicago Publishers
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2009.
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"In the third Charlie Chan mystery by master craftsman Earl Derr Biggers, the diminutive Chinese detective, who hails from Honolulu, finds himself back in San Francisco after his incredible adventures in the California desert in The Chinese Parrot. Chan cannot wait to get back to his native Hawaii (his wife is pregnant with their eleventh child), but there is a good deal to detain him, much to his chagrin. A regal inspector from Britain's Scotland...
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