#8 Philip Marlowe

Trouble Is My Business

Raymond Chandler
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In the four long stories in this collection, Marlowe is hired to protect a rich old guy from a gold digger, runs afoul of crooked politicos, gets a line on some stolen jewels with a reward attached, and stumbles across a murder victim who may have been an extortionist. Trouble is my business -- Finger man -- Goldfish -- Red wind
Genres: MysteryFictionCrimeNoirShort StoriesDetectiveClassicsMystery ThrillerHard BoiledThriller
224 Pages

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