The High Window
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...
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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 is no mean achievement." -- The New York Times
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780394758268 (0394758269)
ASIN: 394758269
Publish date: July 12th 1988
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 265
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
American,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Noir,
Hard Boiled
Series: Philip Marlowe (#3)
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