Earl Derr Biggers

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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1913
  • Latest Book:
    July 2015
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Full Series List in Order

Charlie Chan

1 - The House Without a Key (1925)
2 - The Chinese Parrot (1926)
3 - Behind That Curtain (1928)
4 - The Black Camel (1929)
5 - Charlie Chan Carries On (1930)
6 - The Keeper of the Keys (1932)

Book List in Order: 15 titles

  • Seven Keys to Baldpate

    Earl Derr Biggers was an American novelist best known for the detective Charlie Chan series and the novel Seven Keys to Baldpate....

  • The Agony Column

    This early work by Earl Derr Biggers was originally published in 1916 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. The Agony Column (also published as Second Floor Mystery) is a romantic suspense thriller, narrated in a ser...

  • The House Without a Key

    • / Law Enforcement
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    Charlie Chan - 1

    The first book in the mystery series that served as the basis for the classic films -- inspired by a real-life Chinese-Hawaiian police detective. A young man has traveled from Boston all the way to Hawaii to try to convince his aunt to return to thei...

  • The Chinese Parrot

    • / Police Procedural
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    Charlie Chan - 2

    Murder has been done in a palatial home in the high desert of California. But no corpse can be found, and the only witness is a parrot with a penchant for languages. When self-made millionaire P.J. Madden purchases a string of perfect pearls valu...

  • Fifty Candles

    Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) is best remembered as the creator of Chinese detective Charlie Chan, whose long-running series of exploits (portrayed in the movies first by Warner Oland and later Sidney Toler) made him a world-famous character from the...

  • Behind That Curtain

    • / Law Enforcement
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    Charlie Chan - 3

    ENTER THE AMAZING CHARLIE CHAN The hero of the Honolulu Police, delightfully enigmatic, is one of the most popular detectives in all of mystery literature. Urbane and unhurried, he relies of patience and his profound knowledge of wayward humanity...

  • The Black Camel

    • / Law Enforcement
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    Charlie Chan - 4

    "Death is the black camel that kneels unbidden at every gate." This is what Charlie Chan tells the guests of the unfortunate Shelah Fane, a glamorous Hollywood movie star who has been murdered while on location beachside in Honolulu. In this fourth...

  • Charlie Chan Carries On

    • / Police Procedural
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    Charlie Chan - 5

    In this fifth novel of the classic series of mysteries featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, readers are confronted by a mystery so confounding in its twists and turns, only Inspector Chan can bring it to a sat...

  • The Keeper of the Keys

    • / Police Procedural
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    Charlie Chan - 6

    In the final installment of the classic series of mysteries featuring Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, we find the diminutive Chinese-American detective in Lake Tahoe. His fame as a brilliant solver of the most perplexing murder cases has spread...



  • Charlie Chan's Chance

    "Charlie Chan's Chance" -- the 1932 Fox motion picture starring Warner Oland as Chan-- is now considered a "lost" film (the original film materials were destroyed in a vault fire.) Unless a copy surfaces in some remote corner of the world, as happene...

  • Charlie Chan's Courage

    "Charlie Chan's Courage" - the 1934 Fox motion picture starring Warner Oland as Chan - is now considered a "lost" film (the original film materials were destroyed in a vault fire.) Unless a copy surfaces in some remote corner of the world, as happene...

  • Inside the Lines

    This early work by Earl Derr Biggers was originally published in 1915 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. The story of "Inside the Lines" deals with an intrigue to blow up the English squadron at Gibraltar ...

  • The Ebony Stick

    This early work by Earl Derr Biggers was originally published in 1916 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "The Ebony Stick" is one of Biggers shorter stories, published after his death. Earl Derr Biggers wa...

  • Collection Novels

    • / Cozy Mystery
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    Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) was an American novelist and playwright. He is remembered primarily for his novels, especially those featuring the Chinese American detective Charlie Chan, from which popular films were made in the United States and Chi...

  • Love Insurance

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    This early work by Earl Derr Biggers was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "Love Insurance"sees Lord Harrowby come to Lloyds of London with a most unusual request for insuranc...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Earl Derr Biggers has published 15 books.

Earl Derr Biggers does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Ebony Stick, was published in July 2015.

The first book by Earl Derr Biggers, Seven Keys to Baldpate, was published in January 1913.

Yes. Earl Derr Biggers has 1 series.
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