Only to sleep
Osborne, Lawrence, 1958-2019
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The year is 1988. The place, Baja California. Private Investigator Philip Marlowe - now in his 72nd 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 the ready. When in saunter two men dressed like undertakers. With a case that has his name written all over it. At last Marlowe is back where he belongs. 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? Are the pair living off the spoils? Set between the border and badlands of Mexico and California, Lawrence Osborne's resurrection of the iconic Marlowe is an unforgettable addition to the Raymond Chandler canon.
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:
823.92THRFICTION
Language:
English
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BRN:
2829712