Wealthy dead American. Beautiful young widow. This case has PI Philip Marlowe's name written all over it. Is it enough to bring him back for one last adventure?
Lawrence Osborne was born in England but has travelled and lived all over the world. He is the author of the critically acclaimed novels The Forgiven, The Ballad of a Small Player, Hunters in the Dark and Beautiful Animals. In 2017, he joined John Banville in being asked by the Raymond Chandler Estate to write a new Philip Marlowe novel, Only to Sleep, which also draws on his time living and working as a reporter on the Mexican border in 1990. His non-fiction includes travelogues and essay collections as well as the drinking odyssey The Wet and the Dry. He currently lives in Bangkok.
"A highly distinctive writer who quickly becomes addictive… I loved
it"
*New Statesman, **Books of the Year***
"Splendid"
*Mail on Sunday*
"A brilliant Raymond Chandler continuation novel with an ageing
Philip Marlowe. Osborne and Chandler are a perfect match"
*Guardian*
"It's a joy to see Philip Marlowe lured back for one last job by
the gleefully unsentimental Lawrence Osborne... If you like noir,
pour yourself something cool and enjoy one final dark night of the
soul"
*Joseph Knox, author of Sirens*
"The decayed grandeur of the setting, the mystery of an alluring
femme fatale, an old man's tussle with his conscience and his
ageing body, and a healthy number of spectacular set-pieces work a
subtle magic... both a convincing Marlowe and a seedily satisfying
thriller"
*Sunday Times*
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