Keeper of the Keys: A Charlie Chan Mystery (Charlie Chan Mysteries) - Softcover

Biggers, Earl Derr

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0897335953 ISBN 13: 9780897335959

Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers, 2009

Synopsis

In the 6th and final book in the mystery series featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan, we find our hero in Lake Tahoe, California. Chan has been invited as a house guest. He meets a glamorous Out of Printera singer, Ellen Landini, and she is murdered by a gunshot during a party. Her servants and four of her ex-husbands are suspects in the case, all with weak alibis. It is up to Chan to solve the murder. The clues are cryptic and misleading by nature: the singer's own revolver, two scarves, two cigarette boxes with mismatched lids, and the actions of a little dog named Trouble. Part of the solution to the mystery involves an elderly Chinese servant named Ah Sing--the keeper of the keys. Chan solves the case in his usual understated, spectacular fashion.

About this title

About the Author:

Earl Derr Biggers was born in Warren, Ohio in 1884. He graduated from Harvard University in 1907, and lived for many years in California. He wrote six novels featuring detective Charlie Chan, who became a staple of the movies. He died in Pasadena, CA in 1933.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0897335953
• ISBN 13: 9780897335959
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 251