Charlie Chan #2

Inspector Charlie Chan arrives in Shanghai following a kidnapping note threatening his Number One Son, only to discover that a young woman back in San Francisco has been murdered—and his son may have been present at the scene. Caught between solving a deadly mystery and securing his son's safe return, Chan uncovers a dangerous smuggling scheme involving diamonds hidden in his own luggage, forcing him to decide whether to trust the law or take matters into his own hands. With time running out and the kidnappers' next move uncertain, the legendary detective must untangle a web of theft, murder, and deception before it's too late.

Charlie Chan and his Number One Son stumble upon a jewelry store scuffle and find themselves investigating the disappearance of Tom Manning, an ace diamond salesman who vanished after delivering $50,000 worth of gems to a hotel customer six hours earlier. The trail grows murkier as the detective uncovers a series of contradictions—from Manning's uncharacteristic drinking at the Club Moderne to a mysterious figure spotted at the Sunset Inn—forcing Chan to question whether appearances tell the whole story. With Manning seemingly evaporating into thin air and fresh leads arriving from unexpected quarters, this case demands the keen eye that has made Chan world-famous.

Vacationing detective Charlie Chan and his son stumble upon an old circus acquaintance, Buck Carver, who's deeply troubled by suspicious dealings involving knife thrower Roxie Pierce and her partner Teena. When a young man's dreams of joining the act lead him straight into the midway's darkest secrets, Chan must unravel a scheme that turns deadly before the final curtain falls.

In early 1930s Toledo, Ohio, the ruthless gang leader Lonnie Lewis and his lieutenants Red Somers and Jingles Patton run a vicious protection racket, muscling their way into control of the city's nightclubs through intimidation and sabotage—until a bungled operation at Ned Curran's club goes dangerously wrong. When one of Lewis's own men shoots a policeman and the heat closes in, Lewis thinks his underground hideaway is the perfect solution, but a small oversight by his loyal cook Spider may prove to be the thread that unravels the whole operation. As police converge on Lewis's residence again, the criminal's carefully constructed empire faces its reckoning.

In late-1870s New York, small-time crook "Sticky" Dunn graduates from petty molasses-hat robberies to a more ambitious scheme: using a hearse to smuggle stolen silk through the city streets, betting that even the police won't dare stop a funeral procession. When his success makes him a celebrity among the underworld and draws the dangerous attention of the rival Five Points Gang, Sticky devises his boldest move yet—one final, audacious gambit that turns his greatest asset into a weapon.