Keeper of the keys
by Earl Derr Biggers
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Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police is in Lake Tahoe when the glamorous opera singer Ellen Landini is shot dead at the party he's attending. Sheriff Don Holt is relieved to have Chan's assistance. There are four suspects - Landini's widower and her former husbands - and a paucity of clues. However, Chan finds clues from a galley proof of Landini's forthcoming autobiography. And it appears that Ah Sing, an elderly, Chinese houseboy and 'Keeper of the Keys', is an important piece of the puzzle, although he is fiercely traditional and uncooperative. However, Chan's cultural knowledge works to his advantage in solving the case.
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This novel is a murder mystery starring Charlie Chan, the Chinese detective from Honolulu. It is set on the shores of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada during early spring - for the first time Charlie Chan sees a snowy landscape! Charlie Chan is a house guest when Ellen Landini, a famous opera singer, is murdered. The suspects include her three former husbands, her present cast-off husband, her current intended and his sister, an ex-boyfriend and his jealous wife, and the first husband's loyal Chinese servant - all of whom were present in the house at the time.
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