The House Without a Key (Paperback)

from silversurfer

The first in a series of re-prints--Enjoyed the plot, interesting characters and flawless descriptions of Hawaii--but, not enough Chan in this story...perhaps he will play a bigger role in the upcoming novels...I hope so...but, this is good enough to keep any mystery fan happy.

from nmele

There's been a lot of articles about the Charlie Chan movies recently, so I went to my library and found the first novel featuring Charlie Chan. Except for the strange dialects of English Biggers puts in the mouths of Chan and other Asian-American and Hawaiian characters, this mystery is very goo...

from bcquinnsmom

First in the series of Charlie Chan mystery novels, The House Without a Key is a great example of an old-fashioned classic crime type mystery story. A word or two before I do a brief synopsis: this novel was written in 1925 and the language is really harsh in terms of ethnic feelings. You're goin...

from vernefan

*Honolulu Whodunit* Never having read any Noir style murder mysteries, or a Charlie Chan novel before, I was expecting the book to feel dated, and corny. I was pleasantly very surprised to get only a tiny feel of that, and was greatly amazed at the great writing skill and the multi-layered compli...

from jtck121166

This is old-fashioned stuff, but it has, for the most part, worn well: nobody ever complains about Agatha Christie, after all, and this is a typical example of her genre, without being, perhaps, a classic - but it's better than mediocre, I'd say. Charlie Chan himself is, of course, the main draw...