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Behind That Curtain

by Earl Derr Biggers

A Chinese detective is asked to assist in the solution of a missing woman and the murder of a detective from Scotland Yard.

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First published
1928
Length
76,287 words
Reading time
About 5 hr 18 min
Language
English (US)

About the book

Behind That Curtain , published in 1928, finds Charlie Chan in San Francisco preparing to return to Honolulu after a working holiday.

He meets a Sir Frederic Bruce from Scotland Yard, who is following the trail of a woman who disappeared fifteen years before. The two attend a dinner party together—where Sir Frederic is murdered. Chan is then pressed to delay his return to Hawaii to assist in the murder investigation. Before Charlie can find the murderer, he must find the missing woman.

Because the previous Chan novel, The Chinese Parrot , was so well received, Earl Derr Biggers was paid an impressive $25,000 for a serialized version of Behind That Curtain by The Saturday Evening Post

The novel was adapted for film in 1929.

About the author

Earl Derr Biggers

Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933) is described by Wikidata as American novelist and playwright (1884–1933), with citizenship or national association recorded as United States.

Recorded occupations include journalist, novelist, writer, playwright, and crime fiction writer. Languages recorded for Earl Derr Biggers include English. Open Library identifies Love Insurance as a leading work in its author record. Open Library catalogs 45 works under this author record. The Read4Max catalog currently includes Behind That Curtain and The Chinese Parrot under Earl Derr Biggers's authorship.

1884–1933

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Themes and ideas

  • Police--Hawaii--Honolulu--Fiction

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  1. Dedication
  2. Behind That Curtain
  3. I
  4. II
  5. III
  6. IV
  7. V
  8. VI
  9. VII
  10. VIII
  11. IX
  12. X
  13. XI
  14. XII
  15. XIII
  16. XIV
  17. XV
  18. XVI
  19. XVII
  20. XVIII
  21. XIX
  22. XX
  23. XXI
  24. XXII
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