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5.0 out of 5 stars
CHARLIE CHAN IS ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREAT DETECTIVES...,
By Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (COMMUNITY FORUM 04) (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)
This review is from: The Black Camel (5th) (Mass Market Paperback)
Silver screen goddess, Sheila Fane, has a secret that weighs heavily on her heart. It is a secret that makes her reluctant to marry again, though she has just received such a proposal. While in Honolulu for some location shots for her current film, she consults with Tarneverro, fortuneteller to the stars, as to what she should do. He wrests her deepest, darkest secret from her and advises her not to marry. Shortly thereafter, Hollywood's brightest flame is snuffed out, a cruel knife thrust ending Ms. Fane's life.
Enter revered Honolulu police inspector, Charlie Chan, who is called upon to solve this baffling murder case. In his own inscrutable and unhurried way, Inspector Chan slowly, but surely, makes mincemeat of those who would dare to lie to him. To solve this case, however, he must delve into Ms. Fane's past and discover the secret that gave her so much unrest. He finds that is is tied to an unsolved murder that had occurred in Hollywood several years prior. Inspector Chan ultimately puts both matters to rest. Charlie Chan is one of the best fictional detectives ever created. Highly intelligent and seemingly droll, he slowly but surely solves his cases. Father to eleven children, all of whom drive him a little crazy with their American slang, he is an eminently respected detective, who has solved many high profile cases. It is amazing that, though written during the nineteen twenties and thirties, these mysteries are as fresh today, as when they were first written. While they may lack some of the political correctness of today, they are still gems. Well written and highly entertaining, the entire Charlie Chan series deserves to be reissued by some wily publisher.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Chan's mystery,
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This review is from: The Black Camel (5th) (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the fourth book in the Charlie Chan's series. And it was the first one where the whole story is narrated from Chan's perspective. It is amazing how the story develops so quickly. When you think that the whole book covers only 24 hours from the crime to the resolution.
There were two little things that prevented me from giving it 5 stars: 1 - for the life of me I don't understand why Chan decided to interview all the witnesses together. I love murder mystery and in most cases the detective interviews each witness individually. It makes sense to me. It helps the detective identify inconsistencies in the stories. In this book, however Chan is called to a house where a murder had occurred. There were 9 or more people there and Chan starts questioning them in the living room in front of everybody else. If he had interviewed each person individually he would have learned about the truth much quicker. For example, in one of the interviews he asked a man what he heard outside the window where the murder occurred. Another man interrupted and prevented the first man to answer the question truthfully. If he had asked the question to the first man alone, he would probably have received the answer imediatelly. Instead because he was interviewing people in front of others it took him a while to find the truth. 2 - the second inconsistency was that at one time he wanted to find a man and asked his fellow colleagues to go look for him. They couldn't find him. Charlie went to one place, saw a girl arriving at the same time as him, asked the girl about the man he wanted, she gave him the hotel where he used to stay, he went over there and found the man in his room. I wonder what the other detectives were doing that they could not find him by themselves. And this one was not even a demonstration of how smart Chan really is. The author does not give us any reason why Chan went to that place. So for all we know, he was luck to go there and even luckier to find the girl arriving at the same time as him. So I recommend the book. It is a good read.
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE VENERABLE CHARLIE CHAN...,
By Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (COMMUNITY FORUM 04) (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) Enter revered Honolulu police inspector, Charlie Chan, who is called upon to solve this baffling murder case. In his own inscrutable and unhurried way, Inspector Chan slowly, but surely, makes mincemeat of those who would dare to lie to him. To solve this case, however, he must delve into Ms. Fane's past and discover the secret that gave her so much unrest. He finds that is is tied to an unsolved murder that had occurred in Hollywood several years prior. Inspector Chan ultimately puts both matters to rest. Charlie Chan is one of the best fictional detectives ever created. Highly intelligent and seemingly droll, he slowly but surely solves his cases. Father to eleven children, all of whom drive him a little crazy with their American slang, he is an eminently respected detective, who has solved many high profile cases. It is amazing that, though written during the nineteen twenties and thirties, these mysteries are as fresh today, as when they were first written. While they may lack some of the political correctness of today, they are still gems. Well written and highly entertaining, the entire Charlie Chan series deserves to be reissued by some wily publisher.
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