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In this mystery set against World War II, Chan poses as a U.S. government employee to foil a sabotage plot aimed at the Panama Canal, through which a Navy fleet would be trapped on its way to maneuvers in the Pacific. Chan weeds out a man who plans to destroy the Canal with the help of his Number Two Son, Jimmy, with whom Chan is constantly frustrated: "Man without relatives is a man without problems," Chan says wryly.
