THE SECOND MURDERER (2023) *** by Denise Mina This hardback edition published by Harvill Seeker, 2023, 245pp © Denise Mina, 2023 ISBN: 978-1-78730-285-3 Blurb: It’s mid-September, a heatwave has descended on the parched hills of LA and Private Detective Philip Marlowe is called to the Montgomery estate, an almost mythic place sitting high on top of Beverly Hills….
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A new Philip Marlowe novel coming this July
On his The Rap Sheet blog, J. Kingston Pierce gave us news of a new continuation Philip Marlowe novel, The Second Murderer, to be published. The novel is written by Scottish author Denise Mina, the first female author to tackle Raymond Chandler’s character. The blurb is as follows: It’s mid-September, a heatwave has descended on the…
Film Review – MARLOWE (2022)
MARLOWE (2022, Ireland/Spain/France, 109m, 15) **½ Crime, Mystery dist. Briarcliff Entertainment (USA), Sky Cinema (UK); pr co. Parallel Film Productions / Hills Productions AIE / Davis-Films; d. Neil Jordan; w. William Monahan, Neil Jordan (based on the novel ‘The Black-Eyed Blonde’ by John Banville and characters created by Raymond Chandler); pr. Colette Aguilar, Mark Fasano,…
Film Review – STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951, USA, 101m, PG) ****½ Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller dist. Warner Bros.; pr co. Warner Bros.; d. Alfred Hitchcock; w. Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde, Whitfield Cook (based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith); pr. Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited); ph. Robert Burks (B&W | 1.37:1); m. Dimitri Tiomkin; ed. William H. Ziegler; ad. Ted…
Film Review – THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946)
THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946, USA) ***½ Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller dist. Paramount Pictures; pr co. Paramount Pictures; d. George Marshall; w. Raymond Chandler; pr. John Houseman ; ph. Lionel Lindon (B&W. 35mm. Spherical. 1.37:1); m. Victor Young; ed. Arthur P. Schmidt; ad. Hans Dreier, Walter H. Tyler; rel. 16 April 1946 (USA), 1 June 1946…
Book Review – THE LADY IN THE LAKE (1943) by Raymond Chandler
THE LADY IN THE LAKE (1943) **** by Raymond Chandler This paperback edition published by Penguin, 2011, 284pp First published in the UK by Hamish Hamilton in 1944 © Raymond Chandler, 1943 ISBN: 978-0-241-95632-8 Blurb: Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired to find a missing woman. Derace Kingsley’s wife ran away to Mexico…
Book Review – THE DEEP BLUE GOODBYE (1964) by John D. MacDonald
THE DEEP BLUE GOODBYE (1964) ***½ by John D. MacDonald First published In Great Britain by Robert Hale, 1965 This edition published by Orion, 2002, 200pp (195pp) ISBN: 0-75284-767-8 Blurb: Travis McGee is a self-described beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He’s also a knight-errant who’s wary of credit cards, retirement benefits,…
Book Review – ONLY TO SLEEP (2018) by Lawrence Osborne
ONLY TO SLEEP (2018) *** by Lawrence Osborne Hardback published by Hogarth, 2018. 250pp. ISBN: 978-1-7810-9057-2 Blurb: The year is 1988. The place, Baja California. 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. Sipping margaritas, playing cards, his silver-tipped cane at…
Book Review – KILLER IN THE RAIN (1964) by Raymond Chandler
KILLER IN THE RAIN (1964) ***½ by Raymond Chandler First published by Hamish Hamilton, 1964 This edition: published by Penguin Books, 1979, 432pp. ISBN: 0-14-00-2445-X Blurb: None of these eight stories features Philip Marlowe. He came later. But every one of them already has the deadly Chandler elan that made Philip Marlowe the coolest, toughest…
Film Review – DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944; USA; B&W; 107m) ***** d. Billy Wilder; w. Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler; ph. John F. Seitz; m. Miklós Rózsa. Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers, Gig Young, Richard Gaines, Fortunio Bonanova, Edmund Cobb, Byron Barr, John Philliber, Clarence Muse, Bess Flowers, Sam McDaniel. An…