Charlie Chan #4

When the wealthy Mr. Van Norse's daughter, Claire, arrives on the ship with her fiancé, Don Martin, she confides in Charlie Chan that she suspects the ship's doctor and her father’s nurse are plotting to seize his fortune. As the voyage unfolds, strange incidents mount—mysterious lather used during a shave, a mock marriage ceremony, and a near-drowning—leading Chan to uncover a web of deceit beneath the ship’s festive surface.

In the wake of model Jean Larue’s sudden death, detective Charlie Chan is drawn into a mystery surrounding her final hours, as conflicting alibis and a shocking autopsy reveal a steel pin as the cause of death. With the talent scout Nick Travis and her former mentor, photographer Pappy Bradley, both under suspicion, Chan must untangle the truth behind a tense farewell at Bradley’s studio and a missed train that may hold the key to the crime.

Inspector Charlie Chan arrives at a mountain-top observatory after the mysterious death of astronomer Dr. Hans Bruns in Vienna, where he investigates a string of suspicious events tied to a race to discover a new planet. With Dr. Otto Schneider claiming to be on the verge of a breakthrough, Chan begins to unravel a web of deception involving stolen identities, hidden motives, and a killer who believes the telescope is the only witness to their crimes.