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 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