The House Without a Key is a novel that introduces the world to Detective Charlie Chan, a Honolulu police detective. The story is set in Hawaii and blends intricate whodunit mystery with the charm and aloofness of the islands.

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Dedication

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 Blackbirder

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

IX: “Goodbye, Pete!”

XX: The Story of Lau Ho

XXI: The Stone Walls Crumble

XXII: The Light Streams Through

XXIII: Moonlight at the Crossroads

The House Without a Key

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fiction

mystery

adventure