Charlie Chan #5

When a mysterious thief known only as the "Cat" steals a priceless Louis XIV clock just before its grand exhibition in Paris, Charlie Chan must devise a clever plan to catch the elusive criminal—one that turns the exhibit itself into a trap. With the help of his son and a fingerprint expert, Chan sets an ingenious snare among the art patrons invited to view the stolen masterpiece. As the evening unfolds, the detective closes in on a culprit hiding in plain sight among the city's most refined collectors.

At Radio City, Charlie Chan's enthusiastic son accidentally photographs a murder at an ice-skating rink, capturing evidence of who killed the wealthy Hetty Lawton—but when the boy prematurely tips off the newspapers about the damning negative, dangerous criminals move fast to silence him and steal the photograph before it can reach police. Father and son must stay one step ahead of ruthless killers while Chan works to develop not just the picture, but the truth behind the crime.

A wealthy Parisian's son is kidnapped by the brutal "Hot-Foot" gang, sadistic thieves who torture servants with flame to extract secrets, and the Count embarks on a desperate quest for vengeance that transforms him into the Fox—a master thief whose cunning plan may be the only way to bring the murderers to justice. Working his way into the gang's inner circle, the Fox walks a razor's edge between infiltration and survival.