# The House Without a Key — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The House Without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers.

- [The House Without a Key](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/the-house-without-a-key.md): John Quincy Winterslip, a young Bostonian, arrives in Honolulu to visit his aunt Minerva and uncle Dan. He is immediately struck by the exotic atmosphere and the family's luxurious beachfront home. The chapter introduces
- [I: Kona Weather](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/i-kona-weather.md): Miss Minerva Winterslip walks along Waikiki Beach with her brother Amos, who has been estranged from their brother Dan for thirty-one years. She crosses the fence dividing their properties to visit Dan at his lavish home
- [II: The High Hat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/ii-the-high-hat.md): John Quincy Winterslip arrives in San Francisco by ferry, feeling weary from his cross-country train journey. He experiences a strange sense of familiarity with the harbor, which he shares with a young woman he meets on 
- [Midnight on Russian Hill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/iii-midnight-on-russian-hill.md): John Quincy Winterslip arrives in San Francisco and is met by a Japanese chauffeur sent by his cousin Roger. After settling in at Roger's Nob Hill home, they have lunch at a club where they encounter Captain Arthur Templ
- [IV: A Friend of Tim's](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/iv-a-friend-of-tim-s.md): John Quincy Winterslip boards the President Tyler for Honolulu, saying farewell to Roger and Barbara in San Francisco. He meets fellow passengers including Madame Maynard, Harry Jennison, and two missionaries. The chapte

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- [V: The Blood of the Winterslips](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/v-the-blood-of-the-winterslips.md)
- [Beyond the Bamboo Curtain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/vi-beyond-the-bamboo-curtain.md)
- [VII: Enter Charlie Chan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/vii-enter-charlie-chan.md)
- [VIII: Steamer Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/viii-steamer-day.md)
- [IX: At the Reef and Palm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/ix-at-the-reef-and-palm.md)
- [X: A Newspaper Ripped in Anger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/x-a-newspaper-ripped-in-anger.md)
- [XI: The Tree of Jewels](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/xi-the-tree-of-jewels.md)
- [XII: Tom Brade the Blackbirder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/xii-tom-brade-the-blackbirder.md)
- [XIII: The Luggage in Room Nineteen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/xiii-the-luggage-in-room-nineteen.md)
- [XIV: What Kaohla Carried](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/xiv-what-kaohla-carried.md)
- [The Man from India](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/xv-the-man-from-india.md)
- [The Return of Captain Cope](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/xvi-the-return-of-captain-cope.md)
- [Night Life in Honolulu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/xvii-night-life-in-honolulu.md)
- [XVIII: A Cable from the Mainland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/xviii-a-cable-from-the-mainland.md)
- [IX: “Goodbye, Pete!”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/ix-goodbye-pete.md)
- [The Story of Lau Ho](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/xx-the-story-of-lau-ho.md)
- [The Stone Walls Crumble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/xxi-the-stone-walls-crumble.md)
- [The Light Streams Through](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/xxii-the-light-streams-through.md)
- [XXIII: Moonlight at the Crossroads](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/xxiii-moonlight-at-the-crossroads.md)

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