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Adventure

The Chinese Parrot

by Earl Derr Biggers

A Chinese detective of the Honolulu Police Department is recruited to safeguard the transfer of a valuable pearl necklace to a famous tycoon.

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First published
1926
Length
80,498 words
Reading time
About 5 hr 36 min
Language
English (UK)

About the book

Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police Department makes his second appearance when a Honolulu widow is forced to sell her pearl necklace. She persuades Charlie to convey the necklace to its new owner, a famous businessman.

Chan teams up with the son of a prominent jeweler handling the sale. But before they can safely deliver the necklace into the proper hands, the pair need throw criminals off their trail and solve a murder mystery.

The novel, published in 1926, was adapted for film in 1927 and 1934.

First published 1926; the Read4Max reading text contains approximately 80,498 words arranged in 22 navigable sections.

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
  • San Francisco (Calif.)--Fiction

Table of contents

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