The House Without a Key is a novel that was written in 1925 by Earl Derr Biggers. It is the first of the Charlie Chan mysteries written by Biggers. The novel, which takes place in 1920s Hawai'i, spends time acquainting the reader with the look and feel of the islands of that era from the standpoint of both white and non-white inhabitants, and describes social class structures and customs which have largely vanished in the 21st century.

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  • ISBN 0-553-08446-1 (Paperback edition (1974) by Bantam (USA))
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  • ISBN 0-553-08446-1 (Paperback edition (1974) by Bantam (USA))
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  • The House Without a Key is a novel that was written in 1925 by Earl Derr Biggers. It is the first of the Charlie Chan mysteries written by Biggers. The novel, which takes place in 1920s Hawai'i, spends time acquainting the reader with the look and feel of the islands of that era from the standpoint of both white and non-white inhabitants, and describes social class structures and customs which have largely vanished in the 21st century.
  • Charlie Chan e la casa senza chiavi è uno dei romanzi polizieschi di Earl Derr Biggers ed è il primo del ciclo di Charlie Chan, l'investigatore di origine cinese in forza al dipartimento di polizia di Honolulu. Chan è noto per i suo metodi investigativi pacati ed ispirati ai dettami di saggezza orientale. Dan Winterslip viene pugnalato al cuore mentre dorme sulla veranda della sua casa alle Hawaii. Charlie Chan deve indagare sull'assassinio di Winterslip, membro di una nota famiglia originaria di Boston la cui fortuna economica ha oscure origini.
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  • This is the cover from the Penzler facsimile edition from 1996, a reproduction of the 1925 reprint by Grosset & Dunlap.(1)
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  • ISBN 0-553-08446-1 )
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  • The House Without a Key
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  • 1925 (1st edition)
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  • The House Without a Key is a novel that was written in 1925 by Earl Derr Biggers. It is the first of the Charlie Chan mysteries written by Biggers. The novel, which takes place in 1920s Hawai'i, spends time acquainting the reader with the look and feel of the islands of that era from the standpoint of both white and non-white inhabitants, and describes social class structures and customs which have largely vanished in the 21st century.
  • Charlie Chan e la casa senza chiavi è uno dei romanzi polizieschi di Earl Derr Biggers ed è il primo del ciclo di Charlie Chan, l'investigatore di origine cinese in forza al dipartimento di polizia di Honolulu. Chan è noto per i suo metodi investigativi pacati ed ispirati ai dettami di saggezza orientale. Dan Winterslip viene pugnalato al cuore mentre dorme sulla veranda della sua casa alle Hawaii.
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