Description based upon print version of record.; Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- I. Kona Weather -- II. The High Hat -- III. Midnight on Russian Hill -- IV. A Friend of Tim's -- V. The Blood of the Winterslips -- VI. Beyond the Bamboo Curtain -- VII. Enter Charlie Chan -- VIII. Steamer Day -- IX. At the Reef and Palm -- X. A Newspaper Ripped in Anger -- XI. The Tree of Jewels -- XII. Tom Brade the Blackbrider -- XIII. The Luggage in Room Nineteen -- XIV. What Kaohla Carried -- XV. The Man From India -- XVI. The Return of Captain Cope -- XVII. Night Life in Honolulu -- XVIII. A Cable From the Mainland -- XIX. "Good-By, Pete!"; XX. The Story of Lau Ho -- XXI. The Stone Walls Crumble -- XXII. The Light Streams Through -- XXIII. Moonlight at the Crossroads -- A Note About the Author -- A Note from the Publisher
Chan, Charlie (Fictitious character)--Fiction.; Police--Hawaii--Honolulu--Fiction.; Honolulu (Hawaii)--Fiction.
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Unabridged.; The first book in Earl Derr Biggers' hugely successful Charlie Chan series. In this first novel, 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. 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.
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