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Operating just this side of the law, Marlowe pokes at the underbelly of Peterson, is dead (unless, of course, he's not) which, despite her innocent Mrs. Claire Cavendish arrives in Marlowe's office with a fewīeau, a husband with his own secrets-but things take a deliciously twisted turn Setĭame who, like Black/Banville, is more than she seems. Hardboiled detective stories, Raymond Chandler, by resurrecting his most famous character, Philip Marlowe. In his latest whodunit, however, he channels the master of In this gripping and deeply evocative crime novel, Benjamin Black returns us to the dark, mesmerising world of Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye and his singular detective Philip Marlowe one of the most iconic and enduringly popular detectives in crime fiction.Most of us know that Benjamin Black is the mystery nom de plume of Booker Prize-winner John Banville. Soon Marlowe will find himself not only under the spell of the Black-Eyed Blonde but tangling with one of Bay City’s richest families – and developing a singular appreciation for how far they will go to protect their fortune. It is the early 1950s, Marlowe is as restless and lonely as ever, and business is a little slow. Then a new client arrives: young, beautiful, and expensively dressed, Clare Cavendish wants Marlowe to find her former lover, a man named Nico Peterson. Channeling Raymond Chandler, Benjamin Black has brought Marlowe back to life for a new adventure on the mean streets of Bay City, California. Channeling Raymond Chandler, Benjamin Black has brought Marlowe back to life for a new adventure on the mean streets of Bay City, California. In Los Angeles, Private Detective Philip Marlowe is as restless and lonely as ever, and business is a little slow. 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. Clare? The rest would be easy to put out of my mind, but not the black-eyed blonde.

Maybe it was time I forgot about Nico Peterson, and his sister, and the Cahuilla Club, and Clare Cavendish. Schools & English Language Center Discount.

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