The House Without a Key
eBook - ePub

The House Without a Key

  1. 313 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The House Without a Key

About this book

The novel, which takes place in the 1920s Hawaii, spends time acquainting the reader with the look and feel of the islands of that era from the standpoint of both white and non-white inhabitants, and describes social class structures and customs which have largely vanished in the 21st century.The novel deals with the murder of a former member of Boston society who has lived in Hawaii for a number of years. The main character is the victim's nephew, a straitlaced young Bostonian bond trader, who came to the islands to try to convince his aunt Minerva, whose vacation has extended many months, to return to Boston. The nephew, John Quincy Winterslip, soon falls under the spell of the islands himself, meets an attractive young woman, breaks his engagement to his straitlaced Bostonian fiancee Agatha, and decides after the murder is solved to move to San Francisco. In the interval, he is introduced to many levels of Hawaiian society and is of some assistance to Detective Charlie Chan in solving the mystery.

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Publisher
Books on Demand
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9782322442638
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Historical Fiction
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Chapter 1 - Kona Weather
  2. Chapter 2 - The High Hat
  3. Chapter 3 - Midnight On Russian Hill
  4. Chapter 4 - A Friend Of Tim's
  5. Chapter 5 - The Blood Of The Winterslips
  6. Chapter 6 - Beyond The Bamboo Curtain
  7. Chapter 7 - Enter Charlie Chan
  8. Chapter 8 - Steamer Day
  9. Chapter 9 - At The Reef And Palm
  10. Chapter 10 - A Newspaper Ripped In Anger
  11. Chapter 11 - The Tree Of Jewels
  12. Chapter 12 - Tom Brade The Blackbirder
  13. Chapter 13 - The Luggage In Room Nineteen
  14. Chapter 14 - What Kaohla Carried
  15. Chapter 15 - The Man From India
  16. Chapter 16 - The Return Of Captain Cope
  17. Chapter 17 - Night Life In Honolulu
  18. Chapter 18 - A Cable From The Mainland
  19. Chapter 19 - "Good-By, Pete!"
  20. Chapter 20 - The Story Of Lau Ho
  21. Chapter 21 - The Stone Walls Crumble
  22. Chapter 22 - The Light Streams Through
  23. Chapter 23 - Moonlight At The Crossroads
  24. Copyright

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