The Long Good-bye
Author: Raymond Chandler
Alternate Cover Edition can be found here. Trouble is Philip Marlowe’s business. A young drunk slides from under the driving-wheel of a silver wraith, into his arms. His hair’s white, his face scared, and he’s called Terry Lennox. Soon, Marlowe’s thigh-high in a murder case, cooling his heels in the felony tank…..Read More
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