Every time Johnny Liddell tried to keep a date with his blond, beautiful, and famous client, the whole neighborhood got sprayed with machine-gun bullets. Sometimes, Johnny figured, it didn’t pay to get out of bed—especially when it was filled with a willing companion … and the cops yelled murder when he killed a couple of hoods who’d been trying to shoot him full of holes.
Chandler's 5th novel has Philip Marlowe going to Hollywood as he explores the underworld of glitter capital, trying to find a sweet young thing's missing brother.
"Farewell, My Lovely" is a 1940 mystery novel by Raymond Chandler, the second he wrote featuring the Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe. It was adapted for the screen three times and was also adapted for the stage and radio.
Nick Ramey, a gangster money handler, finds himself at the wrong end of a bellhop's gun…
He was a Don Juan—a Latin lover with a special flair for attracting luscious women…and lethal killers! A Father Shanley/Stanley Golden Mystery.
An old friend of Albert Campion, «Uncle» William Faraday, has written a successful book that has been turned into a hit musical comedy. Jimmy Sutane, an established actor and dancer, is the star of the musical. But recently someone has it in for Sutane and has started playing harmless practical jokes that have caused the highly emotional Jimmy much trauma. Jimmy asks Campion to look into who the prankster may be. So Campion takes a trip to the Sutane household, where he unexpectedly finds more than he bargained for.
Killer hooks and fishy characters will lure you into this fifth anthology from the Guppies Chapter of Sisters in Crime. This volume nets you twenty-two crafty capers featuring slippery eels, wily sharks, and hard-boiled crabs. From ultra-modern computer crimes to old-fashioned confidence tricks, these tales are sure to satisfy your appetite for great short mystery fiction.<P> Introduction, by Debra H. Goldstein<BR> The Wannabe, by Lida Bushloper<BR> Nova, Capers, and a Schmear of Cream Cheese, by Debra H. Goldstein<BR> Windfall, by Rita A. Popp<BR> Who Stole My Lunch?, by Kate Fellowes<BR> Nine Lives of Husbands and Wives, by Chelle Martin<BR> The Lost Mine of Don Fernando, by Anna Castle<BR> Scrabble-Rousers, by K.M. Rockwood<BR> The Retirement Plan, by Mary Fern Ross<BR> Room and Board, by Vinnie Hansen<BR> Payout Payback, by Susan Bickford<BR> My Night with the Duke of Edinburgh, by Susan Daly<BR> The A-List, by C.C. Guthrie<BR> The Great Negotiator, by Raegan Teller<BR> For Want of a Grade, by T.Y. Euliano<BR> Exit Interview, by Beth Green<BR> The Dark Underground, by Steve Shrott<BR> The Trouble with Trouble, by Lesley Mang<BR> It Tastes Like Cardboard, by Joan Leotta<BR> The Hollerith Effect, by Andrew MacRae<BR> The Fork, the Spoon, and the Knife, by T.G. Wolff<BR> The Funeral Home Heist, by MaryAlice Meli<BR> Power of Attorney, by James M. Jackson
A mentally ill woman waits outside a school to pick up a child with a passing resemblance to her daughter. After following a likely candidate, she persuades the girl to get in her car – and that's where things really go wrong.