Behind That Curtain

Behind That Curtain

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name = Behind That Curtain
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image_caption = First edition dust jacket
author = Earl Derr Biggers
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country = United States
language = English
series = Charlie Chan
genre = Mystery novel
publisher = Bobbs-Merrill
release_date = 1928
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 337 pp
isbn = NA
preceded_by = The Chinese Parrot
followed_by = The Black Camel

"Behind That Curtain" (1928) is the third novel in the Charlie Chan series of mystery novels by Earl Derr Biggers.

Plot summary

It is set almost exclusively in California (as opposed to Chan's Hawaii), and tells the story of the former head of Scotland Yard, a detective who is pursuing the long-cold trail of a murderer. Fifteen years ago, a London solicitor was killed in circumstances in which the only clue was a pair of Chinese slippers, which he apparently donned just before his death. Sir Frederic Bruce has been following the trail of the killer ever since. He has also been interested in what appears to be a series of disappearing women around the world, which has some connection to the disappearance of a woman named Eve Durand in rural India also fifteen years ago. Just when it seems he might finally solve the murder case, at a dinner party to which a number of important and mysterious guests have been invited, Inspector Bruce is killed -- and was last seen wearing a pair of Chinese slippers, which have vanished. It is left to Chan to solve the case and tie up all loose ends.

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

It was adapted for film as "Behind That Curtain" in 1929 and elements were used for "Charlie Chan's Chance" in 1932. The 1929 film was chosen to open the Fox Theatre in San Francisco on 28 June1929.

Release details

*1928, USA, Bobbs-Merrill (ISBN NA), Pub date 1928, hardback (first edition)
*1974, USA, Bantam (ISBN 0-553-08464-0), July 1974, paperback
*1974, UK, Corgi Children's (ISBN 0-552-68464-3), October 1974, paperback
*1984, USA, Buccaneer Books (ISBN 0-89966-078-9), December 1984, paperback
*1987, USA, Popular Library (ISBN 0-445-40214-8), April 1987, paperback
*2005, UK, Dodo Press (ISBN 1-905432-92-5), Pub date September 2005, paperback


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