The Chinese Parrot Author:Earl Derr Biggers Enter the Amazing Charlie Chan — The hero of the Honolulu Police, delightfully enigmatic, is one of the most popular detectives in all of mystery literature. Copyright 1926. — At the peak of his fantastic powers, Charlie Chan solves a most peculiar mystery - an apparent murder without a dead body. No weapon. No motive. Only a parrot who had tal... more »ked too much and would never speak again. But it was the Chinese parrot, hanging from his patio perch, screaming bloody murder into the desert silence who had alerted Charlie that a terible crime had been committed...« less