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Philip Marlowe, a private detective inhabiting the seamy side of Los Angeles in the 1930s, as he takes on a case involving a paralysed California millionaire, two psychotic daughters, blackmail and murder.

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The iconic first novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, featuring Philip Marlowe, the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times).

A dying millionaire hires private eye Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, and Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in.

Mrs. Murdock, eine reiche Witwe aus Pasadena, hat einen doppelten Auftrag für Philip Marlowe: Ihre Schwiegertochter, eine ehemalige Nachtklub-Sängerin, ist verschwunden - und gleichzeitig eine alte, wertvolle Goldmünze. Beide soll der Privatdetektiv dingfest machen. Was wie ein üblicher Auftrag begann, entwickelt sich schon bald zu einer atemberaubenden Achterbahnfahrt. Marlowes Sinn für Recht und Gerechtigkeit steht auf dem Prüfstand.

To jego ostatnia robota: Philip Marlowe ma śledzić młodą kobietę, nie zna jednak powodu, dla którego zleceniodawcy zależy na tym, żeby nie spuszczać jej z oka. Detektyw wyjeżdża z Los Angeles i trafia do nadmorskiego kurortu Esmeralda. Szybko zdaje sobie sprawę, że prawdopodobnie gra po niewłaściwej stronie. W dodatku on też jest śledzony. Ostatnia powieść Raymonda Chandlera, napisana u schyłku życia, po śmierci ukochanej żony. Kameralna, wyciszona, przejmująca do głębi. Niepodrabialna melancholia słonecznej Kalifornii lat pięćdziesiątych XX wieku, tęsknota za...

"Chandler writes] like a slumming angel and invest s] the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence." --Ross MacDonald

"Raymond Chandler has given us a detective who is hard-boiled enough to be convincing . . . and that is no mean achievement." --The New York Times

When private detective Philip Marlowe's latest client, Orfamay Quest, hires him to find her missing brother for the paltry sum of twenty dollars, Marlowe discovers that it's far from a simple missing persons case. Not when it involves mobsters, blackmail, beautiful women . . ....

Trouble is My Business is a collection of four riveting novellas from Raymond Chandler. In the first of the four cases in Trouble is My Business, LA PI Philip Marlowe is offered a job that leaves a bad taste in the mouth: smearing a girl who's 'got her hooks into a rich man's pup'. Before too long Marlowe's up to his neck in corpses and cops and he's taken pity on the girl. There's nothing like making trouble of your business...The four novellas collected here are quintessential Raymond Chandler: slick, crystal-clear writing that pins the reader to the seat and won't let go until the last...

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Creator of the famous Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler elevated the American hard-boiled detective genre to an art form. Chandler's last four novels, published here in one volume, offer ample opportunity to savor the unique and utterly compelling fictional world that made his works modern classics.

The Lady in the Lake moves Marlowe out of his usual habitat of city streets and into the mountains outside of Los Angeles in his strange search for a missing woman. The Little Sister takes Marlowe to Hollywood, where he tries to find a sweet...

Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler's fifth novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times).

In noir master Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister, a movie starlet with a gangster boyfriend and a pair of siblings with a shared secret lure private eye Philip Marlowe into the less than glamorous and more than a little dangerous world of Hollywood fame. Chandler's first foray into the industry that dominates the company town that is Los Angeles.

"Einer der 100 prägenden Romane des 20. Jahrhunderts."

An early morning call to a dying millionaire throws private eye Philip Marlowe into West Hollywood's hidden world of blackmail, menace and muscle. Knowing he must protect this man's daughters Marlowe didn't realise he would become so involved.

Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler's third novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times).

A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin worth a small fortune--the elements don't quite add up until Marlowe discovers evidence of murder, rape, blackmail, and the worst kind of human exploitation.

"Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude." Erle Stanley Gardner

"Raymond Chandler has given us a detective who is hard-boiled enough to be convincing . . . and that...

Die Privatdetektive John Dalmas und Ted Malvern können einem guten Whiskey ebenso wenig widerstehen wie schönen Frauen, und ihr Colt sitzt immer locker. Und doch kämpfen sie auf Amerikas Straßen unermüdlich gegen den Sumpf des Verbrechens. Egal ob es sich um den vermeintlichen Selbstmord der Ehefrau eines angesehenen Arztes handelt, einen Killer, der wahllos Leute umbringt, oder um eine zusammengeschlagene Tänzerin - die beiden geben sich mit einfachen Antworten nicht zufrieden und bringen so die wahren Bösewichte zu Fall. Die Box enthält: - Heißer Wind, SWF (heute: SWR)/WDR 1970 -...

Her name is Orfamay Quest and she's come all the way from Manhattan, Kansas, to find her missing brother Orrin. Or leastways that's what she tells PI Philip Marlowe, offering him a measly twenty bucks for the privilege. But Marlowe's feeling charitable - though it's not long before he wishes he wasn't so sweet.