It tells the story of a
Hollywood star (Shelah Fane), who is stopping in
Hawaii after she finished shooting a film
on location in
Tahiti. She is murdered in the pavilion of her rental house in Waikiki during her stay. The story behind her murder is linked with the three-year-old murder of another Hollywood actor and also connected with an enigmatic
psychic named Tarneverro. Chan, in his position as a detective with the
Honolulu Police Department, "investigates amid public clamor demanding that the murderer be found and punished immediately. "Death is a black camel that kneels unbidden at every gate. Tonight black camel has knelt here", Chan tells the suspects." ==Film, TV or theatrical adaptations==