Charlie Chan Carries on Author:Earl Derr Biggers Originally printed in 1930. — When the Lofton Round the World Tour arrives in Londeon, it is immediately obvious that someone is trying to whittle down the passenger list. A globe trotting pleasure cruise is about to become a nightmare of death. In a typical British atmosphere of heavy fog, Hugh Morris Drake, a Detroit automobile tycoon, is found... more » murdered in his bed. This first killing baffles the experts at Scotland Yard, including the reknowned Chief Inspector Duff. His counterparts on the French Rivera, in Calcutta, San Remo and Yokohama are equally unlucky in solving the murders which follow. But when the touring party reaches the Hawaiian islands, the elusive transcontinental killer finally meets his match -- Inspector Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police. When Duff is shot in the back in Chan's own office, the time comes for the master to apply his inimitable methods to the case.« less