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The House Without a Key
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The House Without a Key is a 1925 novel by Earl Derr Biggers, the first of the Charlie Chan mysteries. Set in 1920s Hawaiʻi, 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.
First published: 1925 352 pages
- Category
- Mystery
- Priority
- Recommended
- Author works
- 2
- Language
- eng
FictionCharlie Chan (Fictitious character)PoliceFiction, mystery & detective, generalHawaii, fictionChan, charlie (fictitious character), fictionFiction, mystery & detective, traditionalFiction, mystery & detective, international crime & mysteryFiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiledFiction, mystery & detective, police procedural
