Behind That Curtain

Biggers third book in the Charlie Chan series involves the detective in a case that spans decades and continents, culminating in the city of San Francisco. This time Charlie pulls aside the curtain that conceals a mystery far in the past.

• Charlie Chan is still trying to leave San Francisco after a vacation that turned into a job of detection.

The plot links a present day murder with another murder some year previously, combined with a series of disappearances of young women. Once again hes kept from leaving by a case: the murder of Sir Frederick Bruce, ex-head of the Criminal Investigation Unit at Scotland Yard.

• Despite his retirement, Sir Frederick cant resist pursuing certain unsolved cases to their end.
• His end comes before his success, and its Charlie Chans fate to carry on.
• How Charlie gets involved is a part of the deliciously complex plot that the reader can look forward to.