The big sleep - Raymond Chandler

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Chandler's first novel, published in 1939, introduces Philip Marlowe, a 38-year-old P.

moving through the seamy side of Los Angeles in the 1930s.

This classic case involves a paralyzed California millionaire, his two psychotic daughters, blackmail, and murder.

The iconic first novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, featuring Philip Marlowe, the quintessential urban private eye ( Los Angeles Times ).

A dying millionaire hires private eye Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, and Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion.

Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in.