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Originally Posted by alansplace
i just finished the earliest published (1925) charlie chan mystery, 'the house without a key' by earl derr biggers, there were 5 more published and all 6 are out-of-copyright and available at project gutenberg, australia.
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Funny you should mention this. I just yesterday tossed the first Chan onto my TBR ebook pile. I try to keep the "official pile" down to a half dozen titles or so so it will actually get read in the coming weeks.
I have always enjoyed the 1930s/40s movies (esp. the Warner Oland years) so I figured it was time to get around to these.
In the same vein, Leslie Charteris The Saint, Erle Stanley Gardner Perry Mason, SS Van Dine Philo Vance, Maxwell Grant The Shadow are all from the same vintage (although some spanned decades longer) and stand up well today. Some are public domain, most are out of print but available on the Darknet.