The Little Sister

Notes

The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler is a love-it or loathe-it book…

“The only book of mine that I have actively disliked. It was written in a bad mood, and I think that comes through.” ~ Raymond Chandler

“Sixty years have not dimmed the excitement and freshness of his takes on those streets.” ~ Val McDermid

I guess you will have to read it and decide for yourself.

Publisher’s Synopsis

‘So you need help. What’s your name and trouble?’

Private investigator Philip Marlowe’s latest client is Orfamay Quest. She’s come all the way from Manhattan, Kansas, to find her missing brother Orrin. Or at least that’s what she tells Marlowe, offering him just 20 dollars for his trouble. Feeling charitable, Marlowe accepts – though it’s not long before he wishes he hadn’t. Soon the trail leads to a succession of Hollywood starlets, uppity gangsters, suspicious cops and corpses with ice picks jammed into their necks….

The Little Sister is Raymond Chandler’s fifth novel featuring laconic PI Philip Marlowe.

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