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Privatdetektiv John Dalmas hat einen delikaten Auftrag übernommen: Er soll den reichen Erben Gerald Jeeter aus den Armen der schönen, aber geldgierigen Miss Huntress befreien - so jedenfalls stellt der Vater die Sache dar. Als erstes stößt Dalmas auf eine Leiche, dann entpuppt sich Miss Huntress als längst nicht so hartgesotten, wie sie tut. Von etwas härterem Kaliber sind die beiden Burschen, die Dalmas unmissverständlich klar machen, dass er die Finger von dem Fall lassen soll. Doch nach und nach findet Dalmas heraus, was wirklich hinter seinem Auftrag steckt.

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.

Raymond Chandler gilt mit seinem umfangreichen Werk als Pionier des modernen amerikanischen Kriminalromans. Die Helden seiner zahlreichen Romane und Kriminalkurzgeschichten repräsentieren die Prototypen der sogenannten "hardboiled detectives": hartgesottene, zynische Männer, die nicht unbedingt gesetzestreu vorgehen, wenn sie ihre gefährlichen Fälle aufklären.

Wo steckt Crystal Kingsley? Ist sie wirklich mit ihrem Liebhaber nach Mexiko durchgebrannt? Um seinen Ruf zu schützen, beauftragt ihr Ehemann Detektiv Marlowe mit der Suche nach ihr. Fern von seinem Stammgebiet Los Angeles findet Marlowe sich an einem Bergsee wieder. Fast schon Urlaub. Doch da bekommt er es mit mehreren, nur scheinbar blauäugigen Blondinen zu tun. Der Ferienort wird zur Gänsehautidylle. Der Showdown mit einer korrupten Welt lässt nicht auf sich warten.

Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out of LA fast. So he turns to his only friend in the world: private investigator Philip Marlowe. He is willing to help a man down on his luck, but later Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty. Marlowe is drawn into a sordid crowd of adulterers and alcoholics in LA's Idle Valley, where the rich are suffering one big suntanned hangover. Marlowe is sure Lennox didn't kill his wife, but how many more stiffs will turn up before he gets to the truth?

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Everything was quiet and sunny and calm. No cause for excitement whatever. It's only Marlowe, finding another body. He does it rather well by now. Murder-a-day Marlowe, they call him . . .' Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired to find a missing woman. Derace...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'He lay crumpled on his back. Very lonely, very dead. The safe door was wide open. A metal drawer was pulled out. It was empty now. There may have been money in it once.' Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe's on a case: his client, a dried-up husk of a woman, wants him to...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'I know it sounds corny, but I could drill you and get away with it.' 'Okay,' I said thickly. 'For fifty bucks a day I don't get shot. That costs seventy-five.' Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is mixing business with pleasure - he's getting paid to follow a lovely...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'I need a man good-looking enough to pick up a dame who has a sense of class, but he's got to be tough enough to swap punches with a power shovel.' In the first of the four cases in Trouble is My Business, Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is offered a job that leaves a...

Orfamay Quest kommt aus der Provinz nach Los Angeles. Sie sorgt sich um ihren vermissten Bruder. Das ist die Version, die sie Privatdetektiv Philip Marlowe auftischt. Die Spur führt hinter die Kulissen von Hollywood, Orfamays große Schwester ein Leinwandstar ist. Marlowe gerät in eine Welt aus Gangstern und Glamour, Cops und Fedoras. Ein Meisterwerk mit wunderbarster Film-Noir-Atmosphäre. Und gleichzeitig eine gnadenlose Entlarvung der Traumfabrik.

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME 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...

Eight years ago Moose Malloy and cute little redhead Velma were getting married - until someone framed Malloy for armed robbery. Now his stretch is up and he wants Velma back. PI Philip Marlow meets Malloy one hot day in Hollywood and, out of the generosity of his jaded heart, agrees to help him. Dragged from one smoky bar to another, Marlowe's search for Velma turns up plenty of dangerous gangsters with a nasty habit of shooting first and talking later. And soon what started as a search for a missing person becomes a matter of life and death.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'So you need help. What's your name and trouble?' Private Investigator Philip Marlowe's latest client is Orfamay Quest. She's come all the way from Manhattan, Kansas, to find her missing brother Orrin. Or at least that's what she tells Marlowe, offering him just twenty...

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...

One of the most acclaimed works of crime fiction ever written, The Big Sleep is the first novel featuring Raymond Chandler’s iconic creation Philip Marlowe, hailed as the “quintessential urban private eye” (Los Angeles Times). One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100...

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. This collection by crime fiction master Raymond Chandler...

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. In The Lady in the Lake, hardboiled crime fiction master Raymond...

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. In noir master Raymond Chandler's Playback, Philip Marlowe is...

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. In noir master Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister, a movie...

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. A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing...