Charlie Chan

John Quincy Winterslip

Charlie Chan, the detective, guides and investigates alongside John Quincy Winterslip during the mystery.

Captain Hallet

Captain Hallet and Charlie Chan are fellow law enforcement officers with a competitive but cooperative dynamic.

Amos Winterslip

Amos Winterslip is a person of interest in the investigation, interacting with Charlie Chan as a suspect.

Barbara Winterslip

Barbara cooperates with Charlie Chan as a witness and family member during the investigation.

John Quincy Winterslip

Charlie Chan, the detective, guides and investigates alongside John Quincy Winterslip during the mystery.

John Quincy Winterslip

Charlie Chan, the detective, guides and investigates alongside John Quincy Winterslip during the mystery.

Captain Hallet

Captain Hallet and Charlie Chan are fellow law enforcement officers with a competitive but cooperative dynamic.

Barbara Winterslip

Barbara cooperates with Charlie Chan as a witness and family member during the investigation.

Captain Hallet

Captain Hallet and Charlie Chan are fellow law enforcement officers with a competitive but cooperative dynamic.

Amos Winterslip

Amos Winterslip is a person of interest in the investigation, interacting with Charlie Chan as a suspect.

Amos Winterslip

Amos Winterslip is a person of interest in the investigation, interacting with Charlie Chan as a suspect.

VII: Enter Charlie Chan

Introduced at the end of the chapter as he arrives to take charge of the case.

VIII: Steamer Day

Accompanies Captain Hallet, examines the cigarette stub, and is described as a 'huge grinning Chinaman' as John Quincy joins the car.

IX: At the Reef and Palm

Accompanies Hallet and John Quincy; explains Hawaiian terms 'malihini' and 'kamaaina'; seizes the Corsican cigarette stub as evidence.

X: A Newspaper Ripped in Anger

Sought by John Quincy to deliver the torn newspaper; Miss Minerva is impressed by his intelligence.

XI: The Tree of Jewels

Visits Miss Minerva, learns about the brooch, and informs John Quincy that Leatherbee and Arlene Compton have been apprehended.

XII: Tom Brade the Blackbirder

Joins Hallet and John Quincy; examines the torn guest-book page and later investigates the newspaper clipping with John Quincy.

XIII: The Luggage in Room Nineteen

Calls John Quincy to meet at the Reef and Palm Hotel; accompanies Hallet to investigate Brade's room.

The Man from India

Drives the car, assists in the investigation, searches Kaohla for keys, and accompanies John Quincy to the dock to watch for Brade.

The Return of Captain Cope

Investigates Corsican cigarettes linking Brade, Egan, and Cope; leads John Quincy to the police station and tobacco shop.

XVIII: A Cable from the Mainland

Expresses skepticism about the Egan theory; John Quincy seeks him out after receiving the cable.

IX: “Goodbye, Pete!”

Found at home in a bungalow on Punchbowl Hill, playing chess with his son Henry; receives John Quincy and later accompanies him to Hallet's.

The Story of Lau Ho

Out hunting the watch; invites John Quincy to dinner at the Alexander Young café; noncommittal about the case; watches cars with license plate starting with 33.

The Stone Walls Crumble

Mentions that Chan is working alone, preferring to push on without John Quincy as the crisis approaches.

The Light Streams Through

Present in Hallet's room during Saladine's revelation and later in the prosecutor's office during Jennison's interrogation.

XXIII: Moonlight at the Crossroads

Shares his own investigative process with John Quincy, bids him a warm farewell, and is left standing on the curb.