The house without a key by Earl Derr Biggers
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"The House Without a Key" by Earl Derr Biggers is a novel published in 1925. This first Charlie Chan mystery unfolds in 1920s Hawaiʻi, where a Boston bond trader arrives to retrieve his vacationing aunt but becomes entangled in a murder investigation. The victim, a former Boston society member, has been killed under mysterious circumstances. As the straitlaced young Bostonian assists Detective Charlie Chan, he discovers the islands' enchanting culture, encounters unexpected
romance, and finds himself questioning his carefully planned future back East. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Biggers, Earl Derr, 1884-1933 |
|---|---|
| Title | The house without a key |
| Original Publication | New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_Without_a_Key |
| Credits | David T. Jones, Mary Meehan, Al Haines & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at www.pgdpcanada.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 86.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Detective and mystery stories |
| Subject | Chan, Charlie (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Police -- Hawaii -- Honolulu -- Fiction |
| Subject | Honolulu (Hawaii) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 73771 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-73771-3 |
| Release Date | Jun 4, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 555 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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