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Farewell, My Lovely

Author : Raymond Chandler

Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Page : 300 pages

File Size : 14,68 MB

Release : 2002-06-11

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1400030161

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The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe • Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson. Philip Marlowe's about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to get caught up in a murder that leads to a ring of jewel thieves, another murder, a fortune-teller, a couple more murders, and more corruption than your average graveyard.





The Big Sleep

Author : Raymond Chandler

Publisher : DigiCat

Page : 196 pages

File Size : 21,1 MB

Release : 2022-08-16

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.



The Galton Case

Author : Ross Macdonald

Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Page : 257 pages

File Size : 33,42 MB

Release : 2011-02-23

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0307759679

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Lew Archer returns in this gripping mystery, widely recognized as one of acclaimed mystery writer Ross Macdonald's very best, about the search for the long lost heir of the wealthy Galton family. Almost twenty years have passed since Anthony Galton disappeared, along with a suspiciously streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of his family's fortune. Now Anthony's mother wants him back and has hired Lew Archer to find him. What turns up is a headless skeleton, a boy who claims to be Galton's son, and a con game whose stakes are so high that someone is still willing to kill for them. Devious and poetic, The Galton Case displays MacDonald at the pinnacle of his form.



The High Window

Author : Raymond Chandler

Publisher :

Page : 220 pages

File Size : 38,44 MB

Release : 1963

Category : Detective and mystery stories

ISBN :

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The Long Goodbye

Author : Raymond Chandler

Publisher : Important Books

Page : 280 pages

File Size : 41,97 MB

Release : 2013-11

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9788087888506

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When Philip Marlowe befriends down-on-his-luck veteran Terry Lennox he gets more than he bargained for. With Lennox's wife dead and Lennox himself on the lam, Marlowe becomes the target for the local cops and a crazy gangster, while getting mixed up with alcoholic writer Roger Wade and his wife Eileen. Nothing is what it seems as Marlowe unravels the Wades' scheme to expose the truth behind Lennox's facade. The most autobiographical of his novels, The Long Goodbye was considered by Chandler to be his best work. One of the preeminent examples of hard-boiled detective fiction, The Long Goodbye has been adapted for radio, film and television, and received the 1955 Edgar Award for Best Novel. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.



The Big Sleep & Farewell, My Lovely

Author : Raymond Chandler

Publisher : Random House

Page : 295 pages

File Size : 39,68 MB

Release : 2023-10-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1802064184

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Discover the new Penguin Crime and Espionage series For wise-cracking Private Eye Philip Marlowe, murder is all in a day's work... There are no streets meaner than those of L.A.'s underworld - but luckily one detective has more than his fair share of street smarts. Here, in the first two novels featuring the immortal creation Philip Marlowe, we see the cynical sleuth taking on a nasty case of blackmail involving a Californian millionaire and his two devil-may-care daughters; then dealing with a missing nightclub crooner (plus several gangsters with a habit of shooting first and talking later).



Trouble is My Business

Author : Raymond Chandler

Publisher : DigiCat

Page : 227 pages

File Size : 35,20 MB

Release : 2022-08-16

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Trouble is My Business" by Raymond Chandler. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.



The Lady In The Lake

Author : Raymond Chandler

Publisher : Harper Collins

Page : 283 pages

File Size : 15,11 MB

Release : 2013-04-16

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1443417742

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Tasked with tracking down the estranged wife of a high-profile client, Derace Kingsley, hard-boiled private investigator Philip Marlowe is soon pulled in over his head when he discovers the drowned body of a woman at a lake. When a local cop takes interest in the investigation, Marlowe needs to solve the increasingly complex puzzle quickly . . . not just to save his client’s reputation, but his own neck as well. The Lady in the Lake is the fourth Philip Marlowe story by Raymond Chandler and one of the best-loved. Since it was first published in 1943, The Lady in the Lake has been adapted for film and radio. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.



Double Indemnity

Author : James M. Cain

Publisher : Hachette UK

Page : 97 pages

File Size : 19,2 MB

Release : 2010-09-09

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1409132382

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A true crime masterpiece, and highly acclaimed 1940s movie 'DOUBLE INDEMNITY is among the finest of all American novels, regardless of genre or style' LA TIMES 'Cain is the master' Tom Wolfe DOUBLE INDEMNITY is the classic tale of an evil woman motivated by greed who corrupts a weak man motivated by lust. Walter Huff is an insurance investigator like any other until the day he meets the beautiful and dangerous Phyllis Nirdlinger and falls under her spell. Together they plot to kill her husband and split the insurance. It'll be the perfect murder . . .