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The complete collection of landmark BBC Radio dramas of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe mysteries. Philip Marlowe is the archetypal noir detective: wisecracking and world weary, hard boiled yet honourable. This volume includes all eight dramatisations of Raymond Chandler's groundbreaking crime novels featuring his iconic hero.

A dying millionaire hires private eye Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, and Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in.

A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin worth a small fortune - the elements don't quite add up until Marlowe discovers evidence of murder, rape, blackmail, and the worst kind of human exploitation.

This collection by crime fiction master Raymond Chandler features four long stories in which private eye Philip Marlowe is hired to protect a rich old guy from a gold digger, runs afoul of crooked politicos, gets a line on some stolen jewels with a reward attached, and stumbles across a murder victim who may have been an extortionist.

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: Philip Marlowe, Private Investigator. He’s willing to help a man down on his luck, but later, Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty. Marlowe finds himself 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?

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture. Modern computer games, films, and television are rooted in the fiction popularized by “the seminal and venerated mystery pulp magazine” ( Booklist).

Der Gangster Ikky Rosenstein beauftragt Philip Marlowe, ihn vor der Mafia in Sicherheit zu bringen. Doch Marlowe kann nicht verhindern, dass Rosenstein von der Bildfläche verschwindet. Kurz darauf findet der Detektiv einen frisch gespitzten Bleistift in der Post: die übliche Todesdrohung des Syndikats.

Pete Anglich vom Rauschgiftdezernat ermittelt in Watts, dem Armenviertel von Los Angeles. In der Noon Street trifft er ein verängstigtes Mädchen, das sich in die kriminellen Strukturen ihres Viertels verstrickt hat. Anglich lernt die dunkelsten Seiten des sonnigen L.A. kennen.

Philip Marlowe hat gegen einen Killer ausgesagt und steht nun zu seiner eigenen Sicherheit unter strenger Bewachung. Trotzdem will er sich im Nachtclub "Las Olidas" ablenken. Doch da warten nicht nur Falschspieler auf ihn.

Privatdetektiv Carmady verschlägt es auf der Suche nach einem vermissten Mädchen in eine Kleinstadt an der Pazifik-Küste. Bald merkt er: In dem sauberen Städtchen blüht die Korruption. Fremde, die zu viele Fragen stellen, begeben sich in Lebensgefahr.

Die Frau des Wirtschaftsmagnaten Howard Melton ist verschwunden. In einem Telegramm aus El Paso erfährt Melton von ihrem Plan, ihren Liebhaber zu heiraten. Als sich herausstellt, dass das nicht stimmen kann, engagiert er den Privatdetektiv John Dalmas.

When misadventure led a schoolboy in London to employment at Baker Street, few could have guessed where his introduction to Sherlock Holmes would lead. But as the lad matures and he finds himself caught in the middle of a murder investigation, his friendship with Holmes and Watson lures him into the role of detective. 'Billy' documents his experiences, and soon his sleuthing skills not only bring him to another murder, but also lay the foundation for his metamorphosis into a famous mystery writer.