Only to sleep
Osborne, Lawrence, 1958-2019
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Private Investigator Philip Marlowe - now in his seventy-second year - has been living out his retirement in the terrace bar of the La Fonda hotel.Discover the rest of the inimitable Philip Marlowe series - nine classic Chandler adventures, from The Big Sleep to The Long Goodbye, available now in paperback and ebook from Penguin Books. Wealthy dead American. Beautiful young widow. This case has PI Philip Marlowe's name written all over it. Is it enough to bring him back for one last adventure? The year is 1988. The place, Baja California. Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is living out his retirement sipping margaritas and playing cards when in saunter two men dressed like undertakers with a case that has his name written all over it. His mission is to investigate Donald Zinn - supposedly drowned off his yacht, leaving a much younger and now very rich wife. Marlowe's speciality. But is Zinn actually alive? And are the pair living off the spoils? 'Osborne and Chandler are a perfect match' William BoydDiscover the rest of the inimitable Philip Marlowe series - nine classic Chandler adventures, from The Big Sleep to The Long Goodbye, available now in paperback and ebook from Penguin Books.
Main title:
Only to sleep / Lawrence Osborne.
Author:
Osborne, Lawrence, 1958-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2019.
Collation:
243 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: 2018.
ISBN:
9781784706371 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PR6065.S23
Language:
English
Subject:
Marlowe, Philip (Fictitious character) -- FictionPrivate investigators -- United States -- FictionBaja California (Mexico : Peninsula) -- FictionSuspense fictionThrillerThriller / suspense fictionModern & contemporary fictionCrime & mystery fictionCaliforniaMexicoc 1990 to c 1999Fiction: general & literary
BRN:
334884