# Behind That Curtain — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Behind That Curtain by Earl Derr Biggers.

- [Behind That Curtain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/behind-that-curtain.md): Sir Frederic Bruce is found murdered in Barry Kirk's bungalow, prompting an investigation led by Captain Flannery and later joined by Charlie Chan. The discovery of a blank sheet of paper in the victim's mail and the mys
- [The Man from Scotland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/i-the-man-from-scotland.md): Bill Rankin, a reporter for the Globe, interviews Sir Frederic Bruce, the former head of Scotland Yard's C.I.D., who is visiting San Francisco. Rankin proposes bringing Sir Frederic together with Detective-Sergeant Charl
- [What Happened to Eve Durand?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/ii-what-happened-to-eve-durand.md): At a luncheon at the St. Francis Hotel, Sir Frederic Bruce, Barry Kirk, Bill Rankin, and Charlie Chan gather. June Morrow, revealed to be the deputy district attorney J. V. Morrow, joins them. The conversation turns to c
- [III: The Bungalow in the Sky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/iii-the-bungalow-in-the-sky.md): Barry Kirk hosts a dinner party at his penthouse bungalow. Guests include June Morrow, Charlie Chan, Sir Frederic Bruce, Mrs. Dawson Kirk, Colonel John Beetham, Mrs. Tupper-Brock, Eileen Enderby, and Gloria Garland. Sir 
- [IV: The Reckoning of Heaven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/iv-the-reckoning-of-heaven.md): Barry Kirk and Charlie Chan discover Sir Frederic Bruce's body in Kirk's office. Chan notes the open safe and a Cosmopolitan Club yearbook near the body, suggesting a clue. June Morrow arrives and calls Captain Flannery.

> 18 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=behind_that_curtain_se_754kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [The Voice in the Next Room](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/v-the-voice-in-the-next-room.md)
- [The Guest Detective](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/vi-the-guest-detective.md)
- [Muddy Water](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/vii-muddy-water.md)
- [Willie Li's Good Turn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/viii-willie-li-s-good-turn.md)
- [IX: The Port of Missing Women](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/ix-the-port-of-missing-women.md)
- [The Letter from London](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/x-the-letter-from-london.md)
- [The Muddy Water Clears](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/xi-the-muddy-water-clears.md)
- [A Misty Evening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/xii-a-misty-evening.md)
- [Old Friends Meet Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/xiii-old-friends-meet-again.md)
- [Dinner for Two](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/xiv-dinner-for-two.md)
- [The Discreet Mr. Cuttle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/xv-the-discreet-mr-cuttle.md)
- [Long Life and Happiness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/xvi-long-life-and-happiness.md)
- [XVII: The Woman from Peshawar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/xvii-the-woman-from-peshawar.md)
- [XVIII: Flannery's Big Scene](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/xviii-flannery-s-big-scene.md)
- [A Vigil in the Dark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/xix-a-vigil-in-the-dark.md)
- [XX: The Truth Arrives](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/xx-the-truth-arrives.md)
- [XXI: What Happened to Eve Durand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/xxi-what-happened-to-eve-durand.md)
- [Hawaii Bound](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/behind_that_curtain_se/chapters/xxii-hawaii-bound.md)

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