by Raymond Chandler
Meh.This was much more a mystery book than a proper noir. There was even a final parlor scene... I appreciate the irony, with Marlowe making fun of mystery books every time he talks to the police, but I miss the atmosphere.Most of all, I miss the dark, self-deprecating humor Marlowe had in the last ...
"Police business," he said almost gently, "is a hell of a problem. It's a good deal like politics. It asks for the highest type of men, and there’s nothing in it to attract the highest type of men . So we have to work with what we get— and we get things like this."A man’s wife is missing and Philip ...
A rich man hires Phillip Marlowe to find his wife. The trail leads to a resort town and another dead woman. Where is Crystal Kingsley? And who killed Muriel Chess? And what did Chris Lavery or Dr. Almore have to do with it?The Lady in the Lake is a tale of lies, double crosses, cheating woman, murde...
bookshelves: summer-2010, published-1943, mystery-thriller, play-dramatisation, noir, north-americas, re-read, winter-20102011 Recommended for: BBC7 listeners Read from May 30, 2010 to February 13, 2011 Featured music - String of Pearls Raymond Chandler's world-weary private-eye leaves the smog ...
I liked this quite well. Getting into it was a bit difficult because I was still having issues with the unsatisfactory ending of Blonde Faith. But, once that was behind me, I got into the book. The final resolution was a bit convoluted, but not too bad.Basically, Philip Marlowe is asked to help a ri...
A seemingly routine case where a man wants to find his reckless wife becomes complicated, of course, by hushed-up murders, blackmail, and police corruption, when the body of a woman is discovered in Little Fawn Lake.If he hadn't already displayed full confidence after 'The Big Sleep' in 'Stories and...
I am so glad that I started reading Chandler (and Marlowe) from the first book otherwise I would have put this one down.I was about half way when I decided to read some reviews on Kindle to see if I was missing something and sure enough, there were others who felt similar to me, that it wasn't 'up t...
the prose was great but I could guess the resolution right from the begining. Even the name of the book spoils it.
Featured music - String of PearlsRaymond Chandler's world-weary private-eye leaves the smog of LA on the trail of a killer. Stars Ed Bishop and Toby RobinsBroadcast on:BBC Radio 7, 1:00pm Sunday 30th May 2010- I'm pulling you up on an a charge of HBD- HBD?-'H'ive Been Drinking'
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