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The Chinese Parrot 

 (Charlie Chan, book 2)

by

Earl Derr Biggers

The Chinese Parrot

(The second book in the Charlie Chan series)
(1926)
A novel by

Earl Derr Biggers

 

Sally Jordan is a Honolulu heiress who is forced to sell a valuable set of pearls. The pearls are sold to Wall Street financier P.J. Madden through a local jeweler named Alexander Eden. The plan is to deliver the pearls to Madden in New York City. Charlie Chan and the jeweler's son Bob are selected to make the delivery.

Charlie and Bob learn that there has been a change of plans and the pearls will now be taken to Madden's ranch in the California desert. Charlie is suspicious and decides to send Bob ahead to the ranch without the pearls while he arrives later disguised as a Chinese cook.

After arriving at the ranch, Bob and Charlie find a very nervous P.J. Madden, a bilingual parrot and evidence of a possible murder. The only thing lacking is a corpse. Because of the odd circumstances at the ranch, Charlie decides it is wiser to solve the mystery of the suspected killing before handing over the pearls. While Charlie and bob stall for time, Madden's caretaker Louie Wong is murdered and the parrot dies of arsenic poisoning.

THE CHINESE PARROT was produced as a silent film by Universal in 1926 with the role of Chan played by Kamiyama Sojin, a Japanese actor. George Kuwa, another Japanese actor, was cast as Louie Wong.
 
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2000 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B00120W6QITitle: The Chinese Parrot
Author(s): Earl Derr Biggers
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1974 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B0014BT1KOTitle: The Chinese Parrot (Charlie Chan Mystery #2)
Author(s): Earl Derr Biggers
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May 1971 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0854680543Title: Chinese Parrot
Author(s): Earl Derr Biggers
ISBN: 0-85468-054-3 / 978-0-85468-054-2 (UK edition)
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1945 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B0014XQGLOTitle: The Chinese Parrot
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January 1936 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B001HX78W2Title: The Chinese Parrot
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1935 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B001943TRCTitle: The Chinese Parrot
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January 1931 : Hardback
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January 1928 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B0011DA1AETitle: The Chinese Parrot
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January 1927 : Hardback
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January 1926 : Hardback
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September 2009 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1438794118Title: The Chinese Parrot (World Cultural Heritage Library)
Author(s): Earl Derr Biggers
ISBN: 1-4387-9411-8 / 978-1-4387-9411-2
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October 2008 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0897335783Title: The Chinese Parrot: A Charlie Chan Mystery (Charlie Chan Mysteries)
Author(s): Earl Derr Biggers
ISBN: 0-89733-578-3 / 978-0-89733-578-2 (USA edition)
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May 2007 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1406880027Title: The Chinese Parrot
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ISBN: 1-4068-8002-7 / 978-1-4068-8002-1 (UK edition)
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September 2005 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1905432798Title: The Chinese Parrot
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ISBN: 1-905432-79-8 / 9781905432790 (UK edition)
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April 2005 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1417901721Title: The Chinese Parrot a Charlie Chan Mystery
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ISBN: 1-4179-0172-1 / 978-1-4179-0172-2 (USA edition)
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December 1990 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0445402121Title: The Chinese Parrot
Author(s): Earl Derr Biggers
ISBN: 0-445-40212-1 / 978-0-445-40212-6 (USA edition)
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January 1987 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0445402113Title: The Chinese Parrot
Author(s): Earl Derr Biggers
ISBN: 0-445-40211-3 / 978-0-445-40211-9 (USA edition)
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1975 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B001E35192Title: The Chinese Parrot
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September 1974 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0552684473Title: Chinese Parrot (Charlie Chan mystery series / Earl Derr Biggers)
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1974 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 055308447XTitle: Chinese Parrott
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1973 : Paperback
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January 1969 : Paperback
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January 1951 : Paperback
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1945 : Paperback
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January 1942 : Paperback
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January 1928 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B002B93S70Title: The Chinese Parrot
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January 1926 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B001ZWLW4ATitle: The Chinese Parrot
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1997 : Audio Cassette
Cover of ISBN: B001FPR33QTitle: The Chinese Parrot
Author(s): Earl Derr Biggers
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December 2008 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B001N9TYX6Title: The Chinese Parrot
Author(s): Earl Derr Biggers
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1969 : Unknown
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1928 : Unknown
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1927 : Unknown
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1927 : Unknown
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1927 : Unknown
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1926 : Unknown
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