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PERIL PRESS presents:
Collier's, February 17 1940
THE HEART OF KWAN YIN
by Hugh Wiley
Illustrated by Irving Nurick
A broken statue reveals a fabulous treasure -- and the secret of a murder
James Lee finds an emerald -- and a killer
3900 Words

This edition includes the illustration from the story as well as a gallery of 15 cartoons from the issue of Collier's that first published this story.

In an attempt to cash in on the success of the Charlie Chan and Mr Moto movies, Monogram hired Boris Karloff to play Hugh Wiley's Detective James Lee Wong character from Collier's magazine. Boris Karloff played the character in 5 movies. Keye Luke (famous for playing Charlie Chan's #1 son) played the character in the 6th movie.

Hugh Wiley wrote short stories for The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Argosy, Blue Book and many others. As well as a few novels.
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