Charlie Chan #6

Charlie Chan investigates a trio of murders on the remote island of Kela, where a rubber plantation manager and two others fall victim to deadly blow-gun darts. As the detective uncovers a web of embezzlement and gambling debts, he must identify the killer before the murderer strikes again—or silences the one man who stands in his way.

In "Pawns Of Peril!", Charlie is summoned to Carnavan Castle, where Sir William fears the ghost of his late nephew has returned—driven by a centuries-old legend of a formula that can turn base metals into gold. With whispers of spectral footsteps and hidden chambers, the mystery unfolds in the shadow of a family's long-buried secret.

When a Honolulu detective arrives at Charlie Chan's home mortally wounded with cryptic warnings of a bomb and sabotage, Chan must race to prevent a catastrophe aboard the USS Portland—a Navy cruiser carrying diplomatic passengers from a hostile foreign power. As danger escalates aboard ship and suspicion falls on an enigmatic woman among the representatives, Chan finds himself trapped in a deadly game where even his keen intellect may not be enough to prevent disaster.

After fifteen years of searching, a desperate husband turns to Jerry Bennett, a skilled tracer of missing persons, to find his wife—lost since a terrible accident decades ago. Jerry's clever detective work and a simple hunch about the woman's former trade lead him to an unexpected discovery in a neighborhood millinery shop. What unfolds is a deeply human story about love, shame, and second chances that only Jerry Bennett could untangle.