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Behind That Curtain
章节(23)
- Dedication 0:00
- I: The Man from Scotland 0:06
- II: What Happened to Eve Durand? 23:06
- III: The Bungalow in the Sky 57:11
- IV: The Reckoning of Heaven 1:27:03
- V: The Voice in the Next Room 1:55:28
- VI: The Guest Detective 2:23:45
- VII: Muddy Water 2:47:35
- VIII: Willie Li’s Good Turn 3:11:58
- IX: The Port of Missing Women 3:40:12
- X: The Letter from London 4:02:05
- XI: The Muddy Water Clears 4:27:17
- XII: A Misty Evening 4:50:33
- XIII: Old Friends Meet Again 5:14:59
- XIV: Dinner for Two 5:36:08
- XV: The Discreet Mr. Cuttle 5:57:50
- XVI: Long Life and Happiness 6:21:51
- XVII: The Woman from Peshawar 6:47:04
- XVIII: Flannery’s Big Scene 7:12:48
- XIX: A Vigil in the Dark 7:27:43
- XX: The Truth Arrives 7:47:19
- XXI: What Happened to Eve Durand 8:06:14
- XXII: Hawaii Bound 8:19:21
Behind That Curtain, published in 1928, finds Charlie Chan in San Francisco preparing to return to Honolulu after a working holiday.
He meets a Sir Frederic Bruce from Scotland Yard, who is following the trail of a woman who disappeared fifteen years before. The two attend a dinner party together—where Sir Frederic is murdered. Chan is then pressed to delay his return to Hawaii to assist in the murder investigation. Before Charlie can find the murderer, he must find the missing woman.
Because the previous Chan novel, The Chinese Parrot, was so well received, Earl Derr Biggers was paid an impressive $25,000 for a serialized version of Behind That Curtain by The Saturday Evening Post
The novel was adapted for film in 1929.