{"product_id":"the-house-without-a-key-9781684225422","title":"The House Without a Key","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Earl Derr Biggers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Martino Fine Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Martino Fine Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Crime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2021 Reprint of the 1925 Edition. In this first Charlie Chan mystery, a violent killing occurs in a beach house in Wikiki. The mosquito netting has been slashed. One of the richest men in Hawaii is discovered lying on his side, a knife through his heart, a lizard running up his chest, leaving a crimson trail on his pajamas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in 1920s Hawaii, the novel acquaints the reader with the look and feel of the islands from the standpoint of both white and non-white inhabitants, describing social class structures and customs of the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Young John Quincy Winterslip, a proper Bostonian, helps Charlie Chan, the noted Chinese detective, find out who murdered genial old Dan Winterslip after entering his Waikiki Beach home without a key.\"--Novelist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I would put Charlie Chan among the ten best fictional detectives.\" Rex Stout\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46450745475223,"sku":"9781684225422","price":1217.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781684225422.webp?v=1769150983","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-house-without-a-key-9781684225422","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}