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The black-eyed blonde, A Philip Marlowe Novel., Benjamin Black

Label
The black-eyed blonde, A Philip Marlowe Novel., Benjamin Black
Language
eng
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Main title
The black-eyed blonde
Medium
electronic resource
Responsibility statement
Benjamin Black
Series statement
Philip Marlowe
Sub title
A Philip Marlowe Novel.
Summary
Raymond Chandler's incomparable private eye is back, pulled by a seductive young heiress into the most difficult and dangerous case of his career"It was one of those summer Tuesday afternoons when you begin to wonder if the earth has stopped revolving. The telephone on my desk had the look of something that knows it's being watched. Traffic trickled by in the street below, and there were a few pedestrians, too, men in hats going nowhere."So begins The Black-Eyed Blonde, a new novel featuring Philip Marlowe—yes, that Philip Marlowe. Channeling Raymond Chandler, Benjamin Black has brought Marlowe back to life for a new adventure on the mean streets of Bay City, California. It is the early 1950s, Marlowe is as restless and lonely as ever, and business is a little slow. Then a new client is shown in: young, beautiful, and expensively dressed, she wants Marlowe to find her former lover, a man named Nico Peterson. Marlowe sets off on his search, but almost immediately discovers..

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