In the depths of the Second World War, Harold Gray paints a dark vision of stateside America when Annie’s most loyal friends turn out to be a boarding house full of thieves, forgers, and mindreaders. The red-garbed orphan sees that…
As the protagonist of the widely-read mystery novels by Earl Derr Biggers, Inspector Charlie Chan reached even greater heights in a series of popular B-movies. As actor Sidney Toler was preparing to replace Warner Oland as the wily police detective in 1938,…
America’s spunkiest kid is hospitalized after a car crash, has to fight off a dope pushing doctor, meets “Crazy Kate” (who’s not all that crazy!) and helps the bearded old man named Zaney keep his secret formula out of Nazi…
Jack, Ace Chance, and Shanghai Peg each play unexpected parts in the conclusion to Harold Gray’s most sophisticated story of the 1930s. Plus, Annie encounters the gangster Nick Gatt and is captured by the international criminal mastermind named Axel. Can…
Together with the blind fiddler, “Uncle” Dan, Annie square off against the Chizzler, then embarks on her first novel-length adventure. In a story lasting nearly a full year, Annie’s supposed “real” parents-Boris and Libby Bleek, leaders of the criminal Ghost…