Author:Raymond Chandler,Scott Brick,Jeffery Deaver
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'A city no worse than others, a city rich and vigorous and full of pride, a city lost and beaten and full of emptiness. It all depends on where you sit and what your own private score is. I didn't have one. I didn't care'
Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out of LA fast. So he turns to his only friend in the world: private investigator Philip Marlowe. He is willing to help a man down on his luck, but later Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty. Marlowe is drawn into a sordid crowd of adulterers and alcoholics in LA's Idle Valley, where the rich are suffering one big suntanned hangover. Marlowe is sure Lennox didn't kill his wife, but how many more stiffs will turn up before he gets to the truth?
The Long Good-Bye is Raymond Chandler's sixth novel featuring laconic PI Philip Marlowe.
'Chandler gave birth to a different kind of detective' The Times
'Chandler grips the mind from the first sentence' Daily Telegraph
'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain' Sunday Times
'Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes' Anthony Burgess
© Raymond Chandler 1988 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
Fremantle builds the tension with delicious skill in this page-turning thriller. She is excellent on the precariousness of life for history's powerless women
—— TimesA powerful reimagining of the most dramatic murder of Stuart England. Wonderfully inventive and darkly satisfying, this story of three sisters resonates with myth
—— Andrew Taylor , bestselling author of The Ashes of LondonA lush, thrilling page-turner humming with its own exquisite dark beauty. I loved it!
—— Eve Chase , author of The Glass HouseGripping and page-turning. Propels a trio of vivid women towards their complex destinies, while making their world as fresh and immediate as our own. Hugely enjoyable
—— V.B. Grey , author of Tell Me How It EndsA pacey plot, tension, and occasional flirts with the supernatural make this historical fiction engaging . . . It leaves you wanting more of Melis, who has eerie and often accurate visions of the future
—— Sunday PostWe follow three sisters in a maze of twists and turns in 1628 England. Grabs your attention
—— iPacey, immersive, and beautifully written. Takes women at the margins of history and makes us care about their stories
—— Sarah Vaughn , bestselling author of Anatomy of a ScandalOne of Britain's foremost writers of historical fiction . . . a masterful Hitchcockian thriller
—— Aspects of HistoryA tense, pacey cat-and-mouse game set against a rich historical background
—— HeraldHaunting psychological novel tinged with the supernatural
—— Daily RecordWith his trademark elegant prose and atmospheric sense of place, Jónasson weaves a slow-burning, haunting tale with a chilling ending
—— Sunday ExpressLean, compulsive. Great stories that combine traditional puzzle-solving of the golden age crime fiction with a moody expansive psychology
—— The TimesFiendishy clever trilogy
—— Financial TimesA mist-shrouded blend of horror and psychological thriller . . . works in every way. The isolated village and the pre-smartphone 1980s setting create a sense of claustrophobia that combines with the villagers' secrecy and the hint of supernatural elements to infuse strong foreboding throughout what is ultimately revealed to be a story about trust
—— BooklistThe Icelandic king of crime
—— GöteborgspostenA deeply atmospheric mystery
—— Choice MagazineFew among the country's authors match Jonasson in conveying insular abandonment . . . excellent
—— Toronto StarRagnar Jonasson's impeccable plotting is really a wonder of the crime genre . . . a masterfully conceived horror novel
—— Dayton Daily NewsPerfect for anyone who loves Nordic crime noir, the colder the better. The writing really brings alive a bleak, cold environment in which Una is struggling to survive and maintain her sanity
—— CADs MagazineA demonic piece of horror
—— Dayton Daily NewsPraise for Ragnar Jónasson
—— -Triumphant . . . Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense
Triumphant conclusion to the trilogy. Only Ragnar Jónasson has rendered hindsight so heartbreaking.
—— Sunday Times (on the Hidden Iceland trilogy)Is this the best crime writer in the world today? . . . He's truly a master of his genre
Jónasson is an automatic must-read for me . . . possibly the best Scandi writer working today
—— Lee ChildIt is nothing less than a landmark in modern crime fiction
A world-class crime writer. One of the most astonishing plots of modern crime fiction. A triumphant conclusion to the trilogy [that] makes Iceland's pre-eminence in the crime genre even more marked
The red hot crime writer from the frozen north . . . One of the most important voices on the international crime scene
—— The TimesA master of the Icelandic thriller.
—— New York PostInvigorating Iceland-set slice of Nordic Noir.
—— Daily MailCompelling and challenging, A Slow Fire Burning explores the damage caused by betrayal and loss, and how this can manifest in disturbing acts of revenge and retribution. The author's first novel for four years is worth the wait and certain to cement her status as a publishing phenomenon.
—— Sunday ExpressShocking, moving, full of heart ... deeply layered and intricately plotted ... A Slow Fire Burning shows a writer at the height of her powers
—— The ObserverThis tense and irresistible read is best binged in one sitting
—— HeatIntricately interwoven plots and subplots, propulsive twists and a neat finale, a deliciously easy psycho drama to hungrily tear through.
—— Evening StandardA brilliant read
—— Bella magazineA psychological thriller that begins with a death on a canal boat and involves a cadre of shifty, damaged characters.
A multi-layered mystery simmering with secrets, resentments and griefs.
—— WOMAN