The Black Camel

The Black Camel

infobox Book |
name = The Black Camel
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = First edition book front
author = Earl Derr Biggers
cover_artist =
country = United States
language = English
series = Charlie Chan
genre = Mystery, Novels
publisher = Bobbs-Merrill
release_date = 1929
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages =
isbn = NA
preceded_by = Behind That Curtain
followed_by = Charlie Chan Carries On

"The Black Camel" (1929) is the fourth of the Charlie Chan novels by Earl Derr Biggers.

Plot summary

It tells the story of a Hollywood star, shooting a film on location in Hawaii, who is murdered during her stay. The story behind her murder is linked with the three-year-old murder of another Hollywood actor and also connected with an enigmatic psychic named Tarneverro. Chan, in his position as a detective with the Honolulu Police Department, "investigates amid public clamor demanding that the murderer be found and punished immediately. "Death is the black camel that kneels unbidden at every gate," Chan tells the suspects."Roseman, Mill "et al". "Detectionary". New York: Overlook Press, 1971. ISBN 0-87951-041-2]

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

It was adapted into a film of the same name based on the book and made in 1931. This was the second of a series of sixteen Chan films to feature Warner Oland as the sleuth.

External links

* [http://charliechanfamily.tripod.com/id20.html The Black Camel Film details] at [http://charliechanfamily.tripod.com/index.html The Charlie Chan Family Home]
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