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The High Window by Raymond Chandler
- Though he was 45 when he turned to writing, and put out only seven books and a collection of stories, Raymond Chandler defined the hard-boiled detective thriller with his laconic private eye Philip Marlowe.
Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is 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 puts cops' noses seriously out of joint. If Marlowe doesn't wrap this one up fast, he's either going to end up in jail or in a wooden box in the ground. The third novel featuring Marlowe in Penguin paperback reprint, 272pp. The original was published in 1943.Do you need help? Do you have any questions?Ask a question and we'll respond promptly, publishing the most interesting questions and answers for others.