Description
Philip Marlowe is on the hunt for a missing heiressand up against a rival PIin this smart and atmospheric authorized mystery from acclaimed crime writer and one-of-a-kind storyteller Denise Mina (James Patterson), the first woman to recreate Raymond Chandlers infamous detective.
Has Philip Marlowe finally met his match?
Its early fall when a heatwave descends on Los Angeles. Private Detective Philip Marlowe is called to the Montgomery estate, an almost mythic place sitting high on top of Beverly Hills. Wealthy socialite Chrissie Montgomery is missing. Young, na?e, and set to inherit an enormous fortune, shes a walking target, ripe for someone to get their claws into. Her dying father and his sultry bottle-blonde girlfriend want her found before that happens. To make sure, theyve got Anne Riordannow head of her own all-female detective agencyon the case, too.
The search for Chrissie takes the two investigators from the Montgomery mansion to the roughest neighborhoods of LA, through dive bars and boarding houses and out to Skid Row. And thats all before they find the body at The Brody Hotel. Who will get to Chrissie first? And what happens when a woman doesnt want to be found?
In The Second Murderer, Denise Mina becomes the first woman to recreate Raymond Chandlers infamous detective, delivering a clever and timely new take on Philip Marlowe, as well as a propulsive, dark, and witty mystery all its own.
Author: Denise Mina
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Published: 08/01/2023
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780316265645
Language: English
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