Catalog Search Results
2) The thin man
The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first to feature detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles, California and is noted for its complexity, with many characters double-crossing one another and many secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; it refers to a rumination in the
...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,...
Who do you turn to when you need a friend to help you out? For scarred war veteran Terry Lennox, that friend is Philip Marlowe. Suspected of murdering his millionaire ex-wife, Lennox begs Marlowe to drive him across the Mexican border to escape the authorities. Marlowe's investigation into the murder puts him in the crosshairs of crooked cops, crazy gangsters, and a vengeful maid, who are all trying to prevent him from uncovering the truth.
A
...