Author:Raymond Chandler,Toby Stephens,Full Cast
Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. California in the ’40s and ’50s is as beautiful as a ripe fruit and rotten to the core, and Marlowe must struggle to retain his integrity amidst the corruption he encounters daily. In Playback, Marlowe is awakened early in the morning by a phone call from a lawyer. Clyde Umney instructs him to meet the eight o’clock train from Chicago, and shadow one of the passengers. The lady in question, Eleanor King, is beautiful, classy and clearly unhappy. Obediently, Marlowe follows her – all the way to Esmerelda, where she’s going under the name Betty Mayfield and being leaned on by a cheap blackmailer. Stuck doing a sneaky job for people he doesn’t like, Marlowe feels even grubbier than usual: and he’s soon in more trouble than usual too as he comes up against gangsters, hard men and a hitman... Starring Toby Stephens, this exciting dramatisation retains all the verve of Chandler’s last novel.
Fuses history with crime, guilty consciences and human fallibility in a way that makes his books an intelligent escapist delight
—— The TimesAn absorbing, contemporary thriller with a hint of mysticism. Highly recommended
—— Good Book GuideGripping... woven together with more twists than a country lane
—— Daily Maila neat plot, interesting social commentary and compelling writing...Don't miss.
—— Literary Review[Leon] is a master at weaselling her way into the venal byways of human selfishness and laying them bare. ... There's a quietness to the crimes here that is more powerful than outlandish violence, and which points to the philosophical bedrock from which Leon so effectively works.
—— Scottish Sunday HeraldA new force to reckon with in suspense
—— Donna Andersa darkly disturbing tale of murder and madness. Lief is a bold new voice in the suspense genre who demonstrates a talent for intricate plotting and ominous atmosphere. Someone to watch!"
—— Romantic Times MagazineIt's something the Americans always used to do slightly better, the escaped maniac who's coming after people, and eventually catching up with them, and this one'sno slouch. Heart-stoppingly entertaining.
—— Books MonthlyYour heart will be pounding long after you've turned the final page
—— LISA GARDNER
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