Bøger af Earl Derr Biggers

LARGE PRINT EDITION. When a Bostonian aristocrat is murdered in Hawai'i, his nephew travels to the islands in order to convince his Aunt Minerva to return home. Eventually, he becomes involved in the investigation of his uncle's death, overseen by brilliant Chinese American detective Charlie Chan. The House Without a Key is a novel by Earl Derr Biggers.

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Mimo upływu lat Aleksander Eden wciąż pamięta, jak w wieku siedemnastu lat pobierał w Honolulu nauki tańca od uroczej dziewczyny imieniem Alicja. Była to córka milionera, czego dowodził sznur błyszczących pereł na jej szyi. Ścieżki tych dwojga rozeszły się na lata, by przeciąć się ponownie, gdy oboje są już więcej niż dojrzałymi ludźmi. Aleksander prowadzi dobrze prosperującą firmę jubilerską, zaś Alicja po śmierci męża popadła w tarapaty finansowe. Mężczyzna pomaga swojej dawnej miłości sprzedać sznur pereł. Zakupem jest zainteresowany ekscentryczny milioner - kosztowności trzeba jednak dostarczyć na pustynię w Kalifornii. Aleksander wysyła w tę misję swojego syna Boba. Towarzyszy mu przybyły z Honolulu chiński policjant Charlie Chan. To druga powieść z serii kryminałów o charakterystycznym detektywie. Książka była dwukrotnie ekranizowana - w 1927 i 1934 r. - jednak obie wersje uważane są za stracone. Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) - amerykański twórca kryminałów, najbardziej znany jako autor cyklu powieści detektywistycznych o Charliem Chanie, chętnie przenoszonych na kinowy ekran. Chan jest chińskim oficerem z amerykańskim obywatelstwem, który mieszka w Honolulu (inspiracja prawdziwą postacią Changa Apana). Bohater o charakterystycznym wyglądzie (tęgi, lecz sprawny fizycznie, azjatyckie rysy) i barwnym usposobieniu (wytworny, przesadnie grzeczny, gawędziarz, piewca życia rodzinnego) przypomina postaci tworzone przez Agathę Christie - Herkulesa Poirota czy Jane Marple. Biggers urodził się w stanie Ohio, ukończył uniwersytet harwardzki, mieszkał i zmarł w Kalifornii. Pisał klasyczne kryminały z łamigłówką, bez epatowania przemocą.

This early work by Earl Derr Biggers was originally published in 1921 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "Fifty Candles" is one of Biggers shorter stories, a murder mystery in San Francisco where the only clue is a birthday cake with 50 candles. Earl Derr Biggers was born on 26th August 1884 in Warren, Ohio, USA. Biggers received his further education at Harvard University, where he developed a reputation as a literary rebel, preferring the popular modern authors, such as Rudyard Kipling and Richard Harding Davis to the established figures of classical literature. While on holiday in Hawaii, Biggers heard tales of a real-life Chinese detective operating in Honolulu, named Chang Apana. This inspired him to create his most enduring legacy in the character of super-sleuth Charlie Chan. The first Chan story "The House Without a Key" (1925) was published as a serialised story in the Saturday Evening Post and then released as a novel in the same year. Biggers went on to write five more Chan novels and all were licensed for movie adaptations by Fox Films. These films were hugely popular with several different actors taking the lead role of Chan. Eventually; over 40 films were produced featuring the character. Biggers only saw the early on-screen successes of Charlie Chan due to his death at the age of only 48 from a heart attack in April 1933.

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2021 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.Set 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."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."I would put Charlie Chan among the ten best fictional detectives." Rex Stout

W ekskluzywnym wieżowcu niespełna trzydziestoletniego milionera Bary'ego Kirka spotykają się sir Fryderyk Bruce - dymisjonowany detektyw Scotland Yardu oraz Charlie Chan - sierżant policji z Honolulu. Gdy na dwudziestym pierwszym piętrze apartamentowca odbywa się huczne przyjęcie, piętro niżej ktoś morduje Bruce'a. Chan rozpoczyna śledztwo, z którego wynika, że detektyw przybył do San Francisco w związku z prowadzoną przez siebie przed laty sprawą. W 1932 r. na podstawie książki został nakręcony amerykański kryminał "Charlie Chan's Chance", zaś w 1973 r. w ramach serii Teatr Sensacji "Kobra" zrealizowano w Polsce spektakl telewizyjny, w którym zagrali m.in. Karol Strasburger i Kalina Jędrusik. Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) - amerykański twórca kryminałów, najbardziej znany jako autor cyklu powieści detektywistycznych o Charliem Chanie, chętnie przenoszonych na kinowy ekran. Chan jest chińskim oficerem z amerykańskim obywatelstwem, który mieszka w Honolulu (inspiracja prawdziwą postacią Changa Apana). Bohater o charakterystycznym wyglądzie (tęgi, lecz sprawny fizycznie, azjatyckie rysy) i barwnym usposobieniu (wytworny, przesadnie grzeczny, gawędziarz, piewca życia rodzinnego) przypomina postaci tworzone przez Agathę Christie - Herkulesa Poirota czy Jane Marple. Biggers urodził się w stanie Ohio, ukończył uniwersytet harwardzki, mieszkał i zmarł w Kalifornii. Pisał klasyczne kryminały z łamigłówką, bez epatowania przemocą.

In this 5th installment of the classic series of mysteries featuring Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, we meet Scotland Yard's Inspector Duff, first introduced in Behind That Curtain. Duff is pursuing a callous murderer on an around-the-world tour, and it is only when the ship is docked in Honolulu and Duff is gravely wounded, does Charlie Chan take on the case. This is decidedly unfortunate for the guilty party, because Chan has the culprit well in-hand before the ship makes its final stOut of Print in San Francisco.

In the 6th and final book in the mystery series featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan, we find our hero in Lake Tahoe, California. Chan has been invited as a house guest. He meets a glamorous Out of Printera singer, Ellen Landini, and she is murdered by a gunshot during a party. Her servants and four of her ex-husbands are suspects in the case, all with weak alibis. It is up to Chan to solve the murder. The clues are cryptic and misleading by nature: the singer's own revolver, two scarves, two cigarette boxes with mismatched lids, and the actions of a little dog named Trouble. Part of the solution to the mystery involves an elderly Chinese servant named Ah Sing--the keeper of the keys. Chan solves the case in his usual understated, spectacular fashion.

1926. The character of Charlie Chan was based in part on the experiences of two Chinese detectives, Chang Apana and Lee Fook, who Biggers had read about in a Honolulu newspaper while on vacation. Biggers wrote six Charlie Chan mysteries. The Chinese Parrot is the second book in the series and begins: Alexander Eden stepped from the misty street into the great, marble-pillared room where the firm of Meek and Eden offered its wares. Immediately, behind showcases gorgeous with precious stones or bright with silver, platinum and gold, forty resplendent clerks stood at attention. Their morning coats were impeccable, lacking the slightest suspicion of a wrinkle, and in the left lapel of each was a pink carnation, as fresh and perfect as though it had grown there.