

Chet Atkins was one of the most legendary country guitarists of the 1950s, but his influence spans both instruments and time. The Country Gentleman developed a distinctive picking style that helped pioneer "the Nashville Sound." Atkins's musical prowess impacted...

"Death is the black camel that kneels unbidden at every gate." This is what Charlie Chan tells the guests of the unfortunate Shelah Fane, a glamorous Hollywood movie star who has been murdered while on location beach side in Honolulu. Here the detective confronts his most perplexing...



When a Hollywood star is murdered on the slopes of an active volcano, detective Charlie Chan is drawn into one of his most dangerous investigations in The Black Camel. Set against the exotic landscape of Hawaii, the case quickly expands beyond a single act...

"Death waits in the shadows of paradise..." In The Black Camel, the third thrilling installment of Earl Derr Biggers' beloved Charlie Chan mystery series, the idyllic island of Honolulu becomes the stage for a chilling murder. When glamorous Hollywood...


The inimitable and ever popular Charlie Chan turns his unparalleled detective talents to solving the brutal murder of a glamorous movie starlet--and unraveling a murky Hollywood mystery from the past. Ingenious to the last page.-- Boston Telegraph.



In Charlie Chan's fourth outing the 'camel', or death itself according to the Chinese proverb, has 'knelt by the gate' of a glamorous Hollywood actress who is visiting Honolulu. More accurately, she has been murdered-stabbed through the heart-and Inspector Chan must unravel the...











Step into the lush, sun-drenched paradise of 1920s Hawaii, where the serene beauty of the islands contrasts sharply with the dark undertones of murder and mystery. The Black Camel introduces the shrewd and enigmatic Charlie Chan, a Chinese-Hawaiian detective whose keen intellect...


On January 24, 1925, The Saturday Evening Post began its serialization of the book that would make Earl Derr Biggers famous: The House Without a Key, the first of the Charlie Chan series. Chan, the first Chinese detective in literature, was modeled after Chang Apana, a real-life...