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Fifty Candles
Earl Derr Biggers
Fifty Candles
Earl Derr Biggers
Biggers had always been interested in mystery fiction, but his interest in Hawaii clearly stems from a 1919 vacation in Honolulu. While there, he read a newspaper article on a Chinese detective named Chang Apana. Apana would become the model for Charlie Chan in Biggers' 1925 novel, House Without a Key, and there quickly followed five more Charlie Chan novels. Fifty Candles -- published just two years after that 1919 vacation -- shows how Hawaii, China, and murder had already begun to come together in Biggers' imagination.
The story starts in a courthouse in Honolulu, moves to China, then to fog-shrouded San Francisco. Many of the elements used in the Charlie Chan series are present: Chinese characters (both sinister and sympathetic), the Honolulu legal system, a shrewd detective (in this case, lawyer Mark Drew rather than a policemen), and a baffling murder complete with red herrings and plenty of suspects. Though Fifty Candles is a murder mystery, it is also a romance, with the romantic elements at times in the forefront. Mostly, though, it is a book that will delight Biggers' many fans as they trace the origins of Charlie Chan.
This volume includes an introduction by John Gregory Betancourt and a bonus short story, "The Way to the Island."
Mídia | Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura) |
Lançado | 31 de julho de 2020 |
ISBN13 | 9781479454976 |
Editoras | Wildside Press |
Páginas | 104 |
Dimensões | 152 × 229 × 6 mm · 163 g |
Idioma | English |
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