Charlie Chan in the Black Camel

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 police detective in Honolulu.The Black Camel is the fourth novel in the Charlie Chan series by Earl Derr Biggers published in 1929. The story takes place in Honolulu and centers around the murder of a famous Hollywood actress ...See More