A place to explore all things surrounding Detective Charlie Chan, his creator Earl Derr Biggers, and their connection with Hawaii, Ohio and mystery fiction. – LOU ARMAGNO
I've always attributed what success I enjoyed in my military and civilian careers to the fact that I could write a decent sentence or two. And I contribute that fact to my mother reading to me and my brother as a child...sorry Lizzy (my sister.) I think we were the targets of her reading because … Continue reading So what’s the last book you read? September is International Literacy Month.
What better way to celebrate Earl Derr Biggers' 142nd birthday this month, August 24, 1884, than with a new Charlie Chan mystery, Wheels Within Wheels (April 2026!) A train ride from New York Central, a murder on the tracks, a remote Adirondack lodge, and several guest assembled for veiled reasons by a millionaire! This one … Continue reading “Wheels Within Wheels,” the fourth in John L. Swann’s Charlie Chan Returns series!
