12/09/2025
The real Charlie Chan is back! Modest, wise, and razor sharp, three new mysteries in the elegant style of 1920s-1930s detective fiction.
John L. Swann’s latest, “Beyond Murder,” follows Honolulu’s best-known detective to San Francisco, where drug smuggling and a sinister conspiracy threaten to overshadow the anticipated birth of his first grandchild.
In “The Tangled String,” the famous detective and his family find themselves in Boston for daughter Rose’s wedding at the Hotel Statler. After an enigmatic family heirloom arrives under police es**rt, Chan unravels the mystery of a violent death and discovers some uncomfortable blue-blooded family skeletons along the way.
And Swann’s “Death, I Said” takes Charlie Chan to daughter Rose’s college in San Francisco, where his powers are put to the test as violence descends on the quiet campus.
With his wit, wisdom, and intuitive intellect, can Chan crack these cases and unmask the guilty before it’s too late?
Written in the style of the original Chan novels, with the clarity and elegance of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction (1920-1939), the Charlie Chan Returns series abandons the Hollywood stereotyping of a bygone era and returns to the modest detective sage steeped in Ancient Asian wisdom.
Those who have enjoyed Chan in one of his many incarnations and mystery fans in general will love and appreciate this new addition to the Charlie Chan canon.
Discover all three Chan mysteries: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CXMXMLRV?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_m_mng_rwt_sft_tpbk_tkin
