Author: raymondchandler
From “one of the 20th century’s top scribes, period” (Library Journal): PI Philip Marlowe staggers into a deadly mystery after a wealthy, twice-widowed client enlists his help in recovering a stolen gold coin. A must-read crime classic with over 5,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.
“Raymond Chandler is a master” (The New York Times): When two wives go missing, private detective Philip Marlowe is hired to track them down. But both cases prove stranger than they first appear… A classic crime novel with over 5,300 five-star Goodreads ratings!
The first fully annotated edition of Raymond Chandler’s 1939 classic The Big Sleep features hundreds of illuminating notes and images alongside the full text of the novel and is an essential addition to any crime fiction fan’s library. A masterpiece of noir, Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep helped to define a genre. Today it remains one of the most celebrated and stylish novels of the twentieth … stylish novels of the twentieth century. This comprehensive, annotated edition offers a fascinating look behind the scenes of the novel, bringing the gritty and seductive world of Chandler’s iconic private eye Philip Marlowe to life. The Annotated Big…
One of Time’s 100 Best Novels, this classic mystery introduces hard-boiled detective Philip Marlowe, “a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes” (Anthony Burgess). Can the private eye uncover the secrets of the wealthy Sternwood family? From “one of the 20th century’s top scribes, period” (Library Journal).
A must-read from “one of the 20th century’s top scribes” (Library Journal): Between a jewel robbery and a string of murders, Philip Marlowe, a “quintessential urban private eye” (Los Angeles Times), must unravel a twisted case in this classic work of crime noir.
In The Simple Art of Murder, which was prefaced by the famous Atlantic Monthly essay of the same name, noir master Raymond Chandler argues the virtues of the hard-boiled detective novel, and this collection, mostly drawn from stories he wrote for the pulps, demonstrates Chandler’s imaginative, entertaining facility with the form. Included are the classic stories “Spanish Blood,” Pearls Are … Blood,” Pearls Are a Nuisance,” and “Guns at Cyrano’s,” among others.more
A classic crime novel with over 13,000 five-star Goodreads ratings: PI Philip Marlowe is drawn into the mystery of a war veteran’s murdered wife, which heats up when the veteran himself disappears. “Raymond Chandler is a master” (The New York Times).