The House Without a Key (Version 2)

In this murder mystery, the main character is the victim’s nephew, a straitlaced young Bostonian bond trader, who came to the islands to try to convince his aunt Minerva, whose vacation has extended many months, to return to Boston and is entangled with the murder of a former member of Boston society who has lived in Hawaiʻi for several years. The nephew, John Quincy Winterslip, soon falls under the spell of the islands himself, meets an attractive young woman, breaks his engagement to his straitlaced Bostonian fiancee Agatha, and decides after the murder is solved to move to San Francisco. In the interval, he is introduced to many levels of Hawaiian society and is of some assistance to Detective Charlie Chan in solving the mystery. Summary by the reader
This book was originally read for Legamus.eu and was been transferred when USA copyrights allowed (8 hr 55 min)

Chapters

Kona Weather	29:13	Read by ashleighjane
The High Hat	11:39	Read by ashleighjane
Midnight on Russian Hill	26:42	Read by ashleighjane
A Friend of Tim’s	19:38	Read by ashleighjane
The Blood of the Winterslip’s	17:10	Read by ashleighjane
Beyond the Bamboo Curtain	13:12	Read by ashleighjane
Enter Charlie Chan	24:56	Read by ashleighjane
Steamer Day	22:26	Read by ashleighjane
At the Reef and Palm	24:07	Read by ashleighjane
A Newspaper Ripper in Anger	26:12	Read by ashleighjane
The Tree of Jewels	33:16	Read by ashleighjane
Tom Brade the Blackbirder	22:54	Read by ashleighjane
The Luggage in Room Nineteen	22:03	Read by ashleighjane
What Kaohla Carried	24:17	Read by ashleighjane
The Man From India	30:48	Read by ashleighjane
The Return of Captain Cope	24:25	Read by ashleighjane
Nightlife in Honolulu	17:59	Read by ashleighjane
“Good-by, Pete!”	32:25	Read by ashleighjane
A Cable From the Mainland	23:41	Read by ashleighjane
The Story of Lau Ho	22:03	Read by ashleighjane
The Stone Wall Crumbles	25:57	Read by ashleighjane
The Light Streams Through	29:45	Read by ashleighjane
Moonlight at the Crossroads	10:33	Read by ashleighjane

Reviews

entertaining story

(4 stars)

Suzie

Reader was not bad, but her mangled pronunciation of Hawaiian place names rendered them unrecognizable. I groaned every time she read what must have been Waikiki. There were several others - Kauai and Oahu among them- that were just as bad. I appreciate the reader’s time and effort, but just a little more effort to learn how to say the Hawaiian names would make this a much more pleasant book to listen to.

Very Enjoyable

(4.5 stars)

Verity

Having been blessed with 40+ years of Hawaii's romance, this story was a very enjoyable listen for me, even the many mispronunciations brought a smile. Well written, lots of twists in the plot and good character development. Would highly recommend for mystery lovers and lovers in general. Aloha and mahalo nui loa!

(2 stars)

E P

Not a bad story but I found the narrator difficult to listen to and her mispronunciation of words was too distracting