https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=BSOPAC%3A%20(RAYMOND%20%2B%20CHANDLER)&QRYTEXT=Anywhere%3A%20Raymond%20chandler%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&CF=GEN&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3023295&CF=GEN Meet Juniper Song, an under-employed, twenty-something, Raymond Chandler-loving, Korean American woman from downtown LA. When a friend asks Song to carry out surveillance on his father, she figures she doesn't have anything better to do - plus she gets to indulge her Philip Marlowe fantasies. But barely half a day into playing private eye someone has knocked her unconscious and left a dead body in the trunk of her car. Meet Juniper Song, an under-employed, twenty-something, Raymond Chandler-loving, Korean American woman from downtown LA. When a friend asks Song to carry out surveillance on his father, she figures she doesn't have anything better to do - plus she gets to indulge her Philip Marlowe fantasies. But barely half a day into playing private eye someone has knocked her unconscious and left a dead body in the trunk of her car.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Cha, Steph<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Faber & Faber, 2021.<br />278 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Juniper Song ; 1.<br /><br />Eastleigh - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017091650<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3159209&CF=GEN Hollywood, the late 1930s. Raymond Chandler writes detective stories for pulp magazines, and drinks more than he should. Boris Karloff plays monsters in the movies, and is a genial, cricket-playing member of the British filmland colony on the shores of the Pacific. Both understand that these streets are dark with something more than night. Together, these English public school men in exile investigate mysterious matters in a town run by human and inhuman monsters. Hollywood, the late 1930s. Raymond Chandler writes detective stories for pulp magazines, and drinks more than he should. Boris Karloff plays monsters in the movies, and is a genial, cricket-playing member of the British filmland colony on the shores of the Pacific. Both understand that these streets are dark with something more than night. Together, these English public school men in exile investigate mysterious matters in a town run by human and inhuman monsters.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Newman, Kim<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Titan Books, 2021.<br />368 pages ; 21 cm<br /><br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Horror - Available - C017091852<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3297693&CF=GEN Brought to you by Penguin. Texan billionaire General Midwinter will stop at nothing to bring down the USSR - even if it puts the whole world at risk. The fourth and final novel featuring the cynical, insolent narrator of The IPCRESS File sees him sent from his shabby Soho office to bone-freezing Helsinki in order to penetrate Midwinter's vast anti-Communist network - and stop a deadly virus from wiping out the planet.'Dazzlingly intelligent and subtle' Sunday Times'Worth of Raymond Chandler ... intelligent, inventive, constantly entertaining' Sunday Telegraph© Len Deighton 1966 (P) Penguin Audio 2021 Brought to you by Penguin. Texan billionaire General Midwinter will stop at nothing to bring down the USSR - even if it puts the whole world at risk. The fourth and final novel featuring the cynical, insolent narrator of The IPCRESS File sees him sent from his shabby Soho office to bone-freezing Helsinki in order to penetrate Midwinter's vast anti-Communist network - and stop a deadly virus from wiping out the planet.'Dazzlingly intelligent and subtle' Sunday Times'Worth of Raymond Chandler ... intelligent, inventive, constantly entertaining' Sunday Telegraph© Len Deighton 1966 (P) Penguin Audio 2021<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Deighton, Len<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Penguin Classics, 2021<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3197446&CF=GEN Murder and family secrets, a touch of romance and deeply-felt revenge – with the twist of all twists – make up the ingredients of One Good Deed. A gripping page-turner for all those who love mystery, crime, Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie from one of the world's favourite thriller writers, David Baldacci.In 1949, Aloysius Archer arrives in the dusty Southern town of Poca City. He has nothing but a handful of dollars, the clothes he’s wearing and an appointment with his new parole officer. After his wartime experiences in Italy and a prison sentence for a crime he didn’t commit, Archer is looking for a fresh start and a peaceful life.On his first night of freedom, Archer meets local business tycoon Hank Pittleman, who promises Archer handsome compensation to work as his debt collector. Yet Archer takes on more than he bargains for, as he becomes embroiled in a long-running feud between the drought-struck town’s most dangerous residents. When one of them dies, the authorities label Archer as their number one suspect.A bloody game is being played above and below the law. Everybody playing has a deeply buried secret, and Archer must uncover them all – if he’s to avoid going back behind bars. Murder and family secrets, a touch of romance and deeply-felt revenge – with the twist of all twists – make up the ingredients of One Good Deed. A gripping page-turner for all those who love mystery, crime, Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie from one of the world's favourite thriller writers, David Baldacci.In 1949, Aloysius Archer arrives in the dusty Southern town of Poca City. He has nothing but a handful of dollars, the clothes he’s wearing and an appointment with his new parole officer. After his wartime experiences in Italy and a prison sentence for a crime he didn’t commit, Archer is looking for a fresh start and a peaceful life.On his first night of freedom, Archer meets local business tycoon Hank Pittleman, who promises Archer handsome compensation to work as his debt collector. Yet Archer takes on more than he bargains for, as he becomes embroiled in a long-running feud between the drought-struck town’s most dangerous residents. When one of them dies, the authorities label Archer as their number one suspect.A bloody game is being played above and below the law. Everybody playing has a deeply buried secret, and Archer must uncover them all – if he’s to avoid going back behind bars.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Baldacci, David<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Macmillan, 2019<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br />Aloysius Archer ; 1<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2841256&CF=GEN For all those who love mystery, crime, Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie from one of the world's bestselling thriller writers, David Baldacci.In 1949, Aloysius Archer arrives in the dusty Southern town of Poca City. He has nothing but a handful of dollars, the clothes he’s wearing and an appointment with his new parole officer. After his wartime experiences in Italy and a prison sentence for a crime he didn’t commit, Archer is looking for a fresh start and a peaceful life.On his first night of freedom, Archer meets local business tycoon Hank Pittleman, who promises Archer handsome compensation to work as his debt collector. Yet Archer takes on more than he bargains for, as he becomes embroiled in a long-running feud between the drought-struck town’s most dangerous residents. When one of them dies, the authorities label Archer as their number one suspect.A bloody game is being played above and below the law. Everybody playing has a deeply buried secret, and Archer must uncover them all – if he’s to avoid going back behind bars. For all those who love mystery, crime, Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie from one of the world's bestselling thriller writers, David Baldacci.In 1949, Aloysius Archer arrives in the dusty Southern town of Poca City. He has nothing but a handful of dollars, the clothes he’s wearing and an appointment with his new parole officer. After his wartime experiences in Italy and a prison sentence for a crime he didn’t commit, Archer is looking for a fresh start and a peaceful life.On his first night of freedom, Archer meets local business tycoon Hank Pittleman, who promises Archer handsome compensation to work as his debt collector. Yet Archer takes on more than he bargains for, as he becomes embroiled in a long-running feud between the drought-struck town’s most dangerous residents. When one of them dies, the authorities label Archer as their number one suspect.A bloody game is being played above and below the law. Everybody playing has a deeply buried secret, and Archer must uncover them all – if he’s to avoid going back behind bars.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Baldacci, David<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Macmillan, 2019<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br />Aloysius Archer ; 1<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2792392&CF=GEN The year is 1988. The place, Baja California. Private Investigator Philip Marlowe - now in his 72nd year - has been living out his retirement in the terrace bar of the La Fonda hotel. Sipping margaritas, playing cards, his silver-tipped cane at the ready. When in saunter two men dressed like undertakers. With a case that has his name written all over it. At last Marlowe is back where he belongs. His mission is to investigate Donald Zinn - supposedly drowned off his yacht, leaving a much younger and now very rich wife. Marlowe's speciality. But is Zinn actually alive? Are the pair living off the spoils? Set between the border and badlands of Mexico and California, Lawrence Osborne's resurrection of the iconic Marlowe is an unforgettable addition to the Raymond Chandler canon. The year is 1988. The place, Baja California. Private Investigator Philip Marlowe - now in his 72nd year - has been living out his retirement in the terrace bar of the La Fonda hotel. Sipping margaritas, playing cards, his silver-tipped cane at the ready. When in saunter two men dressed like undertakers. With a case that has his name written all over it. At last Marlowe is back where he belongs. His mission is to investigate Donald Zinn - supposedly drowned off his yacht, leaving a much younger and now very rich wife. Marlowe's speciality. But is Zinn actually alive? Are the pair living off the spoils? Set between the border and badlands of Mexico and California, Lawrence Osborne's resurrection of the iconic Marlowe is an unforgettable addition to the Raymond Chandler canon.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Osborne, Lawrence, 1958-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Vintage, 2019.<br />243 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Philip Marlowe thriller<br /><br />15 copies <br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2658640&CF=GEN The year is 1988. The place, Baja California. Private Investigator Philip Marlowe - now in his 72nd year - has been living out his retirement in the terrace bar of the La Fonda hotel. Sipping margaritas, playing cards, his silver-tipped cane at the ready. When in saunter two men dressed like undertakers. With a case that has his name written all over it. At last Marlowe is back where he belongs. His mission is to investigate Donald Zinn - supposedly drowned off his yacht, leaving a much younger and now very rich wife. Marlowe's speciality. But is Zinn actually alive? Are the pair living off the spoils? Set between the border and badlands of Mexico and California, Lawrence Osborne's resurrection of the iconic Marlowe is an unforgettable addition to the Raymond Chandler canon. The year is 1988. The place, Baja California. Private Investigator Philip Marlowe - now in his 72nd year - has been living out his retirement in the terrace bar of the La Fonda hotel. Sipping margaritas, playing cards, his silver-tipped cane at the ready. When in saunter two men dressed like undertakers. With a case that has his name written all over it. At last Marlowe is back where he belongs. His mission is to investigate Donald Zinn - supposedly drowned off his yacht, leaving a much younger and now very rich wife. Marlowe's speciality. But is Zinn actually alive? Are the pair living off the spoils? Set between the border and badlands of Mexico and California, Lawrence Osborne's resurrection of the iconic Marlowe is an unforgettable addition to the Raymond Chandler canon.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Osborne, Lawrence, 1958-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hogarth, 2018.<br />243 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />Andover - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C016639277<br />Basingstoke Discovery Centre - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C016638395<br />Bordon - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C016641123<br />Fareham - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C016637734<br />Hayling Island - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C016639615<br />Stubbington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C016638285<br />Tadley - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C016672860<br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C016468240<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2706434&CF=GEN The year is 1988. The place, Baja California. Private Investigator Philip Marlowe - now in his 72nd year - has been living out his retirement in the terrace bar of the La Fonda hotel. Sipping margaritas, playing cards, his silver-tipped cane at the ready. When in saunter two men dressed like undertakers. With a case that has his name written all over it. At last Marlowe is back where he belongs. His mission is to investigate Donald Zinn - supposedly drowned off his yacht, leaving a much younger and now very rich wife. Marlowe's speciality. But is Zinn actually alive? Are the pair living off the spoils? Set between the border and badlands of Mexico and California, Lawrence Osborne's resurrection of the iconic Marlowe is an unforgettable addition to the Raymond Chandler canon. The year is 1988. The place, Baja California. Private Investigator Philip Marlowe - now in his 72nd year - has been living out his retirement in the terrace bar of the La Fonda hotel. Sipping margaritas, playing cards, his silver-tipped cane at the ready. When in saunter two men dressed like undertakers. With a case that has his name written all over it. At last Marlowe is back where he belongs. His mission is to investigate Donald Zinn - supposedly drowned off his yacht, leaving a much younger and now very rich wife. Marlowe's speciality. But is Zinn actually alive? Are the pair living off the spoils? Set between the border and badlands of Mexico and California, Lawrence Osborne's resurrection of the iconic Marlowe is an unforgettable addition to the Raymond Chandler canon.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Osborne, Lawrence, 1958-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2018.<br />288 pages (large print)<br /><br />Chandlers Ford - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016459881<br />Farnborough - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016459880<br />Fordingbridge - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 25 May 2024 - C016459877<br />Hayling Island - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 01 Jun 2024 - C016459878<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2750632&CF=GEN From the LA Times Book Prize-winning author comes a suspenseful and mind-bending novel about Eldon Chance, a forensic neuropsychiatrist at the end of his rope - now a Hulu TV series starring Hugh Laurie and Diane FarrChance is a dark story about psychiatric mystery, sexual obsession, fractured identities, and terrifyingly realistic violence; a tale told amid the back streets of California's Bay Area, far from the cleansing breezes of the ocean.The antihero of this book, Dr. Eldon Chance, a neuropsychiatrist, is a man primed for spectacular ruin. Into Dr. Chance's blighted life walks Jaclyn Blackstone, the abused, attractive wife of an Oakland homicide detective, a violent and jealous man. Jaclyn appears to be suffering from a dissociative identity disorder. In time, Chance will fall into bed with her; or is it with her alter ego, the voracious and volatile Jackie Black? The not-so-good doctor, despite his professional training, isn't quite sure and soon finds himself up against her husband, Raymond, a formidable and dangerous adversary.Meanwhile, Chance also meets a young man named D, a self-styled, streetwise philosopher skilled in the art of the blade. It is around this trio of unique and dangerous individuals that long-guarded secrets begin to unravel, obsessions grow, and the doctor's carefully arranged life comes to the brink of implosion.'Chance takes place in the twilit world of noir, where people and things are never what they seem... For all the mayhem - its ending is delicately funny' - New York Times Book Review'Is it too much to compare Kem Nunn to Raymond Chandler? Like Chandler, Nunn's great subject is what lies beneath the surface, the desolation that infuses us at every turn... The power of this disturbing and provocative novel is that it leaves us unmoored among the signposts of a morally ambiguous universe in which, even after we have finished reading, it is uncertain who has been feeding whom' - Los Angeles Times'Brilliant and cerebral psychological thriller' - Publisher's Weekly From the LA Times Book Prize-winning author comes a suspenseful and mind-bending novel about Eldon Chance, a forensic neuropsychiatrist at the end of his rope - now a Hulu TV series starring Hugh Laurie and Diane FarrChance is a dark story about psychiatric mystery, sexual obsession, fractured identities, and terrifyingly realistic violence; a tale told amid the back streets of California's Bay Area, far from the cleansing breezes of the ocean.The antihero of this book, Dr. Eldon Chance, a neuropsychiatrist, is a man primed for spectacular ruin. Into Dr. Chance's blighted life walks Jaclyn Blackstone, the abused, attractive wife of an Oakland homicide detective, a violent and jealous man. Jaclyn appears to be suffering from a dissociative identity disorder. In time, Chance will fall into bed with her; or is it with her alter ego, the voracious and volatile Jackie Black? The not-so-good doctor, despite his professional training, isn't quite sure and soon finds himself up against her husband, Raymond, a formidable and dangerous adversary.Meanwhile, Chance also meets a young man named D, a self-styled, streetwise philosopher skilled in the art of the blade. It is around this trio of unique and dangerous individuals that long-guarded secrets begin to unravel, obsessions grow, and the doctor's carefully arranged life comes to the brink of implosion.'Chance takes place in the twilit world of noir, where people and things are never what they seem... For all the mayhem - its ending is delicately funny' - New York Times Book Review'Is it too much to compare Kem Nunn to Raymond Chandler? Like Chandler, Nunn's great subject is what lies beneath the surface, the desolation that infuses us at every turn... The power of this disturbing and provocative novel is that it leaves us unmoored among the signposts of a morally ambiguous universe in which, even after we have finished reading, it is uncertain who has been feeding whom' - Los Angeles Times'Brilliant and cerebral psychological thriller' - Publisher's Weekly<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Nunn, Kem<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : No Exit Press, 2017<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2742375&CF=GEN Stalking the tawdry neon wilderness of forties and fifties Los Angeles, Raymond Chandler's hard-drinking, wise-cracking Phillip Marlowe is one of the world's most famous fictional detectives.Playback finds Marlowe mixing business with pleasure – getting paid to follow a mysterious and lovely red-head named Eleanor King. And wherever Miss King goes, trouble seems to follow. But she's easy on the eye and Marlowe's happy to do as he's told, all in the name of chivalry, of course. But one dead body later and what started out as a lazy afternoon's snooping soon becomes a deadly cocktail of blackmail, lies, mistaken identity – and murder ... Stalking the tawdry neon wilderness of forties and fifties Los Angeles, Raymond Chandler's hard-drinking, wise-cracking Phillip Marlowe is one of the world's most famous fictional detectives.Playback finds Marlowe mixing business with pleasure – getting paid to follow a mysterious and lovely red-head named Eleanor King. And wherever Miss King goes, trouble seems to follow. But she's easy on the eye and Marlowe's happy to do as he's told, all in the name of chivalry, of course. But one dead body later and what started out as a lazy afternoon's snooping soon becomes a deadly cocktail of blackmail, lies, mistaken identity – and murder ...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chandler, Raymond<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bolinda/Audible audio, 2016<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2756364&CF=GEN There may be trouble ahead ... so will Agatha face the music? Can the feisty Agatha cut it as a private investigator? She soon learns that running her own detective agency in the Cotswolds is not quite like starring in a Raymond Chandler movie. But then walks in wealthy divorcee Catherine Laggat-Brown, and Agatha is given her first real case.Death threats, blackmail and physical attack soon follow, and once again Agatha is off scouring the countryside for clues and showing friends and enemies alike what Raisin Investigations can do! There may be trouble ahead ... so will Agatha face the music? Can the feisty Agatha cut it as a private investigator? She soon learns that running her own detective agency in the Cotswolds is not quite like starring in a Raymond Chandler movie. But then walks in wealthy divorcee Catherine Laggat-Brown, and Agatha is given her first real case.Death threats, blackmail and physical attack soon follow, and once again Agatha is off scouring the countryside for clues and showing friends and enemies alike what Raisin Investigations can do!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Beaton, M.C.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bolinda/Audible audio, 2016<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br />Agatha Raisin ; 15<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2262141&CF=GEN 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: Philip Marlowe, Private Investigator. He's willing to help a man down on his luck, but later, Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty. Marlowe finds himself 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? 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: Philip Marlowe, Private Investigator. He's willing to help a man down on his luck, but later, Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty. Marlowe finds himself 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?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959<br />Unabridged.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Melbourne, Victoria : Bolinda/Audible audio, 2016.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>℗2014<br />10 audio discs (CD) (11 hr., 43 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in container<br /><br />Romsey - (HANTS) - Audiobooks : Adult Fiction - FICTION - Available - C015885906<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2276602&CF=GEN Stalking the tawdry neon wilderness of forties and fifties Los Angeles, Raymond Chandler's hard-drinking, wise-cracking Phillip Marlowe is one of the world's most famous fictional detectives. Playback finds Marlowe mixing business with pleasure - getting paid to follow a mysterious and lovely red-head named Eleanor King. And wherever Miss King goes, trouble seems to follow. But she's easy on the eye and Marlowe's happy to do as he's told, all in the name of chivalry, of course. But one dead body later and what started out as a lazy afternoon's snooping soon becomes a deadly cocktail of blackmail, lies, mistaken identity - and murder ... Stalking the tawdry neon wilderness of forties and fifties Los Angeles, Raymond Chandler's hard-drinking, wise-cracking Phillip Marlowe is one of the world's most famous fictional detectives. Playback finds Marlowe mixing business with pleasure - getting paid to follow a mysterious and lovely red-head named Eleanor King. And wherever Miss King goes, trouble seems to follow. But she's easy on the eye and Marlowe's happy to do as he's told, all in the name of chivalry, of course. But one dead body later and what started out as a lazy afternoon's snooping soon becomes a deadly cocktail of blackmail, lies, mistaken identity - and murder ...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959<br />MP3 edition ; Unabridged.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>℗2014<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Melbourne, Victoria : Bolinda/Audible audio, 2016.<br />1 audio disc (MP3 CD) (04 hr., 58 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in container<br /><br />Ringwood - (HANTS) - Audiobooks Adult:MP3 CD - FICTION - Available - C015922021<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2341299&CF=GEN When Philip Marlowe sets out to find the missing wife of Derace Kingsley he knows it's no ordinary case. But he doesn't realise it would turn him from a hardworking private eye into a murderer. When Philip Marlowe sets out to find the missing wife of Derace Kingsley he knows it's no ordinary case. But he doesn't realise it would turn him from a hardworking private eye into a murderer.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>UK : Penguin Books, 2016.<br />283 pages ; 19 cm.<br />Penguin essentials<br /><br />Basingstoke Discovery Centre - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017091726<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2800625&CF=GEN An advertising executive, infatuated with a girl who possesses the most perfect ears (an erotic charge for him) uses a picture of a sheep with a star on its back. This catapults him into a weird adventure to find the mythical sheep up in the wilds of Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island. There are strange encounters, a hotel with an extra disappearing floor, and other oddities. A Wild Sheep Chase is an early Murakami work, but its remarkable and individual voice makes it one of the most thrilling of his books. Superbly read by Rupert Degas with an edge of Raymond Chandler. An advertising executive, infatuated with a girl who possesses the most perfect ears (an erotic charge for him) uses a picture of a sheep with a star on its back. This catapults him into a weird adventure to find the mythical sheep up in the wilds of Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island. There are strange encounters, a hotel with an extra disappearing floor, and other oddities. A Wild Sheep Chase is an early Murakami work, but its remarkable and individual voice makes it one of the most thrilling of his books. Superbly read by Rupert Degas with an edge of Raymond Chandler.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Murakami, Haruki<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Naxos AudioBooks, 2016<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2934219&CF=GEN Michael Francis Gilbert (1912- 2006) is recognized as one of the most versatile British mystery writers. He was a lawyer in London for many years and at one point had Raymond Chandler as his client. He wrote almost every sort of mystery and thriller. He wrote police procedurals, spy novels and short stories, courtroom dramas, classical mysteries, crime novels, and almost every possible combination of these, all with the same competence and dry, detached wit. Gilbert was a founding member of the British Crime Writers Association, Named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and was named Number 24 on The Telegraph's "50 crime writers to read before you die". Michael Francis Gilbert (1912- 2006) is recognized as one of the most versatile British mystery writers. He was a lawyer in London for many years and at one point had Raymond Chandler as his client. He wrote almost every sort of mystery and thriller. He wrote police procedurals, spy novels and short stories, courtroom dramas, classical mysteries, crime novels, and almost every possible combination of these, all with the same competence and dry, detached wit. Gilbert was a founding member of the British Crime Writers Association, Named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and was named Number 24 on The Telegraph's "50 crime writers to read before you die".<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Gilbert, Michael<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bolinda/Audible audio, 2015<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2934789&CF=GEN Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family. Old man Sternwood, crippled and wheelchair-bound, is being given the squeeze by a blackmailer and he wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. But with Sternwood's two wild, devil-may-care daughters prowling LA's seedy backstreets, Marlowe's got his work cut out – and that's before he stumbles over the first corpse ... Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family. Old man Sternwood, crippled and wheelchair-bound, is being given the squeeze by a blackmailer and he wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. But with Sternwood's two wild, devil-may-care daughters prowling LA's seedy backstreets, Marlowe's got his work cut out – and that's before he stumbles over the first corpse ...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chandler, Raymond<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bolinda/Audible audio, 2015<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2937561&CF=GEN Derace Kingsley's wife ran away to Mexico to get a quickie divorce and marry a Casanova-wannabe named Chris Lavery. Or so the note she left her husband insisted. Trouble is, when Philip Marlowe asks Lavery about it, he denies everything and sends the private investigator packing with a flea lodged firmly in his ear.But when Marlowe next encounters Lavery, he's denying nothing – on account of the two bullet holes in his heart. Now Marlowe's on the trail of a killer, who leads him out of smoggy LA and all the way to a murky mountain lake. Derace Kingsley's wife ran away to Mexico to get a quickie divorce and marry a Casanova-wannabe named Chris Lavery. Or so the note she left her husband insisted. Trouble is, when Philip Marlowe asks Lavery about it, he denies everything and sends the private investigator packing with a flea lodged firmly in his ear.But when Marlowe next encounters Lavery, he's denying nothing – on account of the two bullet holes in his heart. Now Marlowe's on the trail of a killer, who leads him out of smoggy LA and all the way to a murky mountain lake.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chandler, Raymond<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bolinda/Audible audio, 2015<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2036580&CF=GEN The purest kind of detective story involves a crime solved by observation and deduction, rather than luck, coincidence or confession. The supreme form of detection involves the explanation of an impossible crime, whether the sort of vanishing act that would make Houdini proud, a murder that leaves no visible trace, or the most unlikely villain imaginable. Virtually all of the great writers of detective fiction have produced masterpieces in this genre, including Agatha Christie, Edgar Allan Poe, Dorothy L. Sayers, Arthur Conan Doyle, Raymond Chandler, G.K. Chesterton, John Dickson Carr, Dashiell Hammett, Ngaio Marsh and Stephen King. In this definitive collection, Otto Penzler selects a multifarious mix from across the entire history of the locked room story, which should form the cornerstone of any crime reader's library. The purest kind of detective story involves a crime solved by observation and deduction, rather than luck, coincidence or confession. The supreme form of detection involves the explanation of an impossible crime, whether the sort of vanishing act that would make Houdini proud, a murder that leaves no visible trace, or the most unlikely villain imaginable. Virtually all of the great writers of detective fiction have produced masterpieces in this genre, including Agatha Christie, Edgar Allan Poe, Dorothy L. Sayers, Arthur Conan Doyle, Raymond Chandler, G.K. Chesterton, John Dickson Carr, Dashiell Hammett, Ngaio Marsh and Stephen King. In this definitive collection, Otto Penzler selects a multifarious mix from across the entire history of the locked room story, which should form the cornerstone of any crime reader's library.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Corvus, 2015.<br />1008 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Basingstoke Discovery Centre - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - FICTION - Available - C015863146<br />Fleet - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - FICTION - Available - C015863148<br />Leigh Park - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - FICTIONCrime short stories - Available - C015863151<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2740621&CF=GEN 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 ... 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 ...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chandler, Raymond<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bolinda/Audible audio, 2015<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2740847&CF=GEN Philip Marlowe's on a case: his client, a dried-up husk of a woman, wants him to recover a rare gold coin called a Brasher Doubloon, missing from her late husband's collection.That's the simple part. It becomes more complicated when Marlowe finds that everyone who handles the coin suffers a run of very bad luck: they always end up dead. That's also unlucky for a private investigator, because leaving a trail of corpses around LA gets cops' noses out of joint.If Marlowe doesn't wrap this one up fast, he's going to end up in jail – or worse, in a box in the ground ... Philip Marlowe's on a case: his client, a dried-up husk of a woman, wants him to recover a rare gold coin called a Brasher Doubloon, missing from her late husband's collection.That's the simple part. It becomes more complicated when Marlowe finds that everyone who handles the coin suffers a run of very bad luck: they always end up dead. That's also unlucky for a private investigator, because leaving a trail of corpses around LA gets cops' noses out of joint.If Marlowe doesn't wrap this one up fast, he's going to end up in jail – or worse, in a box in the ground ...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chandler, Raymond<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bolinda/Audible audio, 2015<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2742254&CF=GEN 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: Philip Marlowe, Private Investigator. He's willing to help a man down on his luck, but later, Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty.Marlowe finds himself 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? 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: Philip Marlowe, Private Investigator. He's willing to help a man down on his luck, but later, Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty.Marlowe finds himself 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?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chandler, Raymond<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bolinda/Audible audio, 2015<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2756025&CF=GEN Her name is Orfamay Quest and she's come all the way from Manhattan, Kansas, to find her missing brother Orrin. Or leastways that's what she tells PI Philip Marlowe, offering him a measly twenty bucks for the privilege. But Marlowe's feeling charitable – though it's not long before he wishes he wasn't so sweet. You see, Orrin's trail leads Marlowe to luscious movie starlets, uppity gangsters, suspicious cops and corpses with ice picks jammed in their necks. When trouble comes calling, sometimes it's best to pretend to be out ... Her name is Orfamay Quest and she's come all the way from Manhattan, Kansas, to find her missing brother Orrin. Or leastways that's what she tells PI Philip Marlowe, offering him a measly twenty bucks for the privilege. But Marlowe's feeling charitable – though it's not long before he wishes he wasn't so sweet. You see, Orrin's trail leads Marlowe to luscious movie starlets, uppity gangsters, suspicious cops and corpses with ice picks jammed in their necks. When trouble comes calling, sometimes it's best to pretend to be out ...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chandler, Raymond<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bolinda/Audible audio, 2015<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2198068&CF=GEN Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family. Old man Sternwood, crippled and wheelchair-bound, is being given the squeeze by a blackmailer and he wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. But with Sternwood's two wild, devil-may-care daughters prowling LA's seedy backstreets, Marlowe's got his work cut out - and that's before he stumbles over the first corpse ... Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family. Old man Sternwood, crippled and wheelchair-bound, is being given the squeeze by a blackmailer and he wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. But with Sternwood's two wild, devil-may-care daughters prowling LA's seedy backstreets, Marlowe's got his work cut out - and that's before he stumbles over the first corpse ...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959<br />Unabridged.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Melbourne, Victoria : Bolinda/Audible audio, 2015.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>℗2014<br />6 audio discs (CD) (06 hr., 17 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in container<br /><br />Alton - (HANTS) - Audiobooks : Adult Fiction - FICTION - Available - C015885406<br />Whitchurch - (HANTS) - Audiobooks : Adult Fiction - FICTION - Available - C015885777<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2206506&CF=GEN <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chandler, Raymond<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd, 2015<br />MP3CDAudiobook<br /><br />Basingstoke Discovery Centre - (HANTS) - Audiobooks Adult:MP3 CD - Available - C015885428<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2216703&CF=GEN A warm day on Central Avenue, and Philip Marlowe's hunch about the man beside him is vague. After 8 years in jail, this man wants his girl back and no one will stand in his way. Marlowe's tough enough, but he knows this won't have a happy ending. A warm day on Central Avenue, and Philip Marlowe's hunch about the man beside him is vague. After 8 years in jail, this man wants his girl back and no one will stand in his way. Marlowe's tough enough, but he knows this won't have a happy ending.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Melbourne : Bolinda Audio, 2015.<br />7 CDs (7 hr., 48 min.) : digital, stereo<br /><br />Netley - (HANTS) - Audiobooks : Adult Fiction - FICTION - Available - C015885467<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2216704&CF=GEN A warm day on Central Avenue, and Philip Marlowe's hunch about the man beside him is vague. After 8 years in jail, this man wants his girl back and no one will stand in his way. Marlowe's tough enough, but he knows this won't have a happy ending. A warm day on Central Avenue, and Philip Marlowe's hunch about the man beside him is vague. After 8 years in jail, this man wants his girl back and no one will stand in his way. Marlowe's tough enough, but he knows this won't have a happy ending.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Melbourne : Bolinda Audio, 2015.<br />1 CD (7 hr., 48 min.) : digital, MP3 file<br /><br />Lymington - (HANTS) - Audiobooks Adult:MP3 CD - FICTION - Available - C015885488<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2226600&CF=GEN Elizabeth Murdock has a rare gold coin to find called a Brasher Doubloon. That's the simple part - except that each time the Doubloon pops up, so does a murder. Soon Marlowe's got a full-scale tradedy on his hands. Elizabeth Murdock has a rare gold coin to find called a Brasher Doubloon. That's the simple part - except that each time the Doubloon pops up, so does a murder. Soon Marlowe's got a full-scale tradedy on his hands.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Melbourne : Bolinda Audio, 2015.<br />6 CDs (7 hr., 11 min., 50 sec.) : digital, stereo<br /><br />Romsey - (HANTS) - Audiobooks : Adult Fiction - FICTION - Available - C015885609<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2226601&CF=GEN Elizabeth Murdock has a rare gold coin to find called a Brasher Doubloon. That's the simple part - except that each time the Doubloon pops up, so does a murder. Soon Marlowe's got a full-scale tradedy on his hands. Elizabeth Murdock has a rare gold coin to find called a Brasher Doubloon. That's the simple part - except that each time the Doubloon pops up, so does a murder. Soon Marlowe's got a full-scale tradedy on his hands.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Melbourne : Bolinda Audio, 2015.<br />1 CD (7 hr., 11 min., 50 sec.) : digital, MP3 file<br /><br />Fordingbridge - (HANTS) - Audiobooks Adult:MP3 CD - FICTION - Available - C015885593<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2241815&CF=GEN When Philip Marlowe sets out to find the missing wife of Derace Kingsley he knows it's no ordinary case. But he doesn't realise it would turn him from a hardworking private eye into a murderer. When Philip Marlowe sets out to find the missing wife of Derace Kingsley he knows it's no ordinary case. But he doesn't realise it would turn him from a hardworking private eye into a murderer.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Melbourne : Bolinda Audio, 2015.<br />6 CDs (7 hr., 6 min.) : digital, stereo<br /><br />Romsey - (HANTS) - Audiobooks : Adult Fiction - FICTION - Onloan - Due: 11 Jun 2024 - C015885664<br />