"Springs"" and that Parker has ""crafted a Marlowe tale stronger than most of Chandler's later work."" The first audiobook release of ""Perchance to Dream"" was on cassette tape in January 1991 () from Dove Entertainment, Inc. Phoenix Books released a new audio book production of the novel on compact disc in February 2007. This edition () was read by actor Elliott Gould who played the character of Marlowe in the 1973 film ""The Long Goodbye"". Perchance to Dream (novel) Perchance to Dream is a detective crime novel by Robert B. Parker, written as an authorized sequel to ""The Big Sleep"""
"The Big Sleep The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles. The story is noted for its complexity, with characters double-crossing one another and secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; it refers to a rumination about ""sleeping the big sleep"" in the final pages of the book. In 1999, the book was voted 96th of ""Le Monde""s ""100 Books of the"
"Based on Raymond Chandler’s First Detective Marlowe novel, The Big Sleep 1946 with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, demonstrates the two romantic thriller elements of adventure and dual worlds. The main heroes are brought together in an attempt to save Bacall’s younger sister Vickers. The main adventure sleuth plot has the characters traveling both together and separately. In a common theme, they are from different social worlds, and wouldn’t usually mix. Romance between the two seems hopeless. Parallel to the adventure story unfolding, the romance travels its own labyrinth of truth and deception, to finally overcome issues of mistrust. The"
"is ""The Big Sleep"" (1946), by Howard Hawks, with Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe. William Faulkner was a co-writer of the screenplay. Chandler's few screenwriting efforts and the cinematic adaptation of his novels proved stylistically and thematically influential on the American ""film noir"" genre. Notable for its revised take on both the Marlowe character, transplanting the novel to the 1970s, is Robert Altman's 1973 neo-noir adaptation of ""The Long Goodbye"". Chandler was also a perceptive critic of detective fiction; his essay ""The Simple Art of Murder"" is the canonical essay in the field. Raymond Chandler Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23,"
"risk physical harm, he does not dish out violence merely to settle scores. Morally upright, he is not fooled by the genre's usual ""femmes fatales"", such as Carmen Sternwood in ""The Big Sleep"". Chandler's treatment of the detective novel exhibits an effort to develop the form. His first full-length book, ""The Big Sleep"", was published when Chandler was 51; his last, ""Playback"" when he was 70. Seven novels were produced in the last two decades of his life. An eighth, ""Poodle Springs"", was completed posthumously by Robert B. Parker and published years later. Explaining the origin of Marlowe's character, Chandler"
"racketeering; Al Capone and Meyer Lansky were not role models. A figure like A. G. Geiger, the dirty-books racketeer in Raymond Chandler's ""Big Sleep"" (1939) who supplements his business activities as owner of a pornographic lending library in Hollywood by arranging sex orgies and blackmailing rich customers, is a fascinating but lurid exaggeration. However susceptible film personalities were to blackmail, it was not the métier of book dealers."" The Big Sleep The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in 1946"
"Robert B. Parker Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American writer of fiction, primarily of the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series """" based on the character in the mid-1980s; a series of TV movies based on the character were also produced. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. The Spenser novels have been cited by critics and bestselling authors such as Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Dennis Lehane as not only influencing their"
"The Big Sleep (1946 film) The Big Sleep is a 1946 film noir directed by Howard Hawks, the first film version of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. The film stars Humphrey Bogart as private detective Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as Vivian Rutledge in a story about the ""process of a criminal investigation, not its results."" William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman co-wrote the screenplay. In 1997, the U.S. Library of Congress deemed the film ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant,"" and added it to the National Film Registry. Because the film was scheduled for release a"
"Winner ""ploughs step by step through the complicated plot with a curious lack of interest in, among other things, the nature of his hero's character."" ""The Big Sleep"" has been released twice on DVD: The Big Sleep (1978 film) The Big Sleep is a 1978 British neo-noir film, the second film version of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. The picture was directed by Michael Winner and stars Robert Mitchum in his second film portrayal of the detective Philip Marlowe. The cast includes Sarah Miles, Candy Clark, Joan Collins, and Oliver Reed, also featuring James Stewart as General"
"2016 with five others by journalist/writer Ace Atkins. Parker's ""Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch"" series has been continued by actor and screenwriter Robert Knott. with three novels published through 2016. The ""Sunny Randall"" series received a 7th installment titled ""Blood Feud"" on November 27th, 2018. Written by long time friend of Parker, sports journalist, and bestselling author, Mike Lupica. ""Surrogate""' (1991)"" A short story published in the crime anthology ""New Crimes 3"" Robert B. Parker Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American writer of fiction, primarily of the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works"
"with is systematically murdered. Widow's Walk (novel) Widow's Walk (2002) is a detective novel by American crime writer Robert B. Parker, the 29th in his Spenser series. Boston bank manager Nathan Smith has been shot through the head while lying in bed. His new wife Mary, is the chief suspect, although she swears she was watching television at the time and never even heard the gunshot. Despite mounting evidence against her, and a prosecution witness who claims Mary hired him to kill her husband, the defence make a last-ditch attempt at proving her innocence by hiring Spenser, the Boston-based P.I."
"The Hunter (Stark novel) The Hunter (1962) is a crime thriller novel, written by Donald E. Westlake under the pseudonym Richard Stark. It is the first of the Parker novels. Parker is a professional criminal, specializing in armed robbery. The pattern of his life is to commit a lucrative heist, live well in luxury hotels for a period of months or years with his wife, Lynn, then commit another heist when necessary. This pattern is disrupted when he is convinced, against his better judgment, to join a ""crew"" in California, planning to heist a shipment of cash intended for an"
"Widow's Walk (novel) Widow's Walk (2002) is a detective novel by American crime writer Robert B. Parker, the 29th in his Spenser series. Boston bank manager Nathan Smith has been shot through the head while lying in bed. His new wife Mary, is the chief suspect, although she swears she was watching television at the time and never even heard the gunshot. Despite mounting evidence against her, and a prosecution witness who claims Mary hired him to kill her husband, the defence make a last-ditch attempt at proving her innocence by hiring Spenser, the Boston-based P.I. However, everyone Spenser speaks"
"Chasing the Bear Chasing the Bear: A Young Spenser Novel is a 2009 novel by Robert B. Parker. Though set in present day, it is a prequel to Parker's venerable Spenser series of novels. Unlike the rest of the Spenser series, ""Chasing the Bear"" is a young adult novel and not strictly detective fiction. Spenser, while relaxing at a park with his love interest, Susan Silverman, reflects on some experiences in his life as a youth, before becoming a detective. Spenser conveys that he grew up in an all-male household, his mother dying immediately before he was delivered by caesarean"
"Bad Business (novel) Bad Business is a detective novel by Robert B. Parker first published in 2004. It features Parker's most famous creation, Boston-based private investigator Spenser, and is the 31st novel in the series. In this novel, Spenser is hired by a wealthy woman to gather evidence on her husband's infidelity. Soon, due to Spenser's investigation, homicides start occurring. Spenser is hired by a wealthy woman, Marlene Cowley, to gather evidence on her husband's infidelity. While following the husband, Trent, one evening and finding him meeting his mistress, Spenser discovers that she too is being followed by another private"
"The Big Sleep (1978 film) The Big Sleep is a 1978 British neo-noir film, the second film version of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. The picture was directed by Michael Winner and stars Robert Mitchum in his second film portrayal of the detective Philip Marlowe. The cast includes Sarah Miles, Candy Clark, Joan Collins, and Oliver Reed, also featuring James Stewart as General Sternwood. The story's setting was changed from 1940s Los Angeles to 1970s London. The film contained material more explicit than what could only be hinted at in the 1946 version, such as homosexuality, pornography"
"drinking. He began writing crime stories for the pulp magazines ""Black Mask"", ""Detective Fiction Weekly"", ""The Fortnightly Intruder"" and ""Dime Detective"". The stories were subsequently brought together in collected editions. In 1939, at the behest of the publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., Chandler wrote his first novel, ""The Big Sleep"", for which he used parts of his short stories ""Killer in the Rain"" (1935) and ""The Curtain"" (1936). He went on to write seven novels, many of which featured the character Philip Marlowe. In 1944 Chandler was asked by Paramount Pictures to write the script for the film ""Double Indemnity"""
"Mortal Stakes Mortal Stakes is the third Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker, first published in 1975. The story centers on the Boston private eye being hired by the Red Sox to find out if their lead pitcher, Marty Rabb, is on the take. The investigation quickly takes him into a deeper, and more dangerous, blackmail plot involving pimps, a high class madam, and a vicious shylock. Marty Rabb's wife, Linda Rabb, lived a secret life as a prostitute and made a pornographic film that is the backbone of the blackmail issue. Spenser must deal with the shylock, Frank Doerr,"
"Raymond Chandler Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. His first short story, ""Blackmailers Don't Shoot"", was published in 1933 in ""Black Mask,"" a popular pulp magazine. His first novel, ""The Big Sleep"", was published in 1939. In addition to his short stories, Chandler published seven novels during his lifetime (an eighth, in progress at the time of his death, was completed by Robert B."
"done; the slut's transgression is not treated in the routine manner that might have been expected; and the final, violent settlement of accounts by Spenser is first-rate."" Mortal Stakes Mortal Stakes is the third Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker, first published in 1975. The story centers on the Boston private eye being hired by the Red Sox to find out if their lead pitcher, Marty Rabb, is on the take. The investigation quickly takes him into a deeper, and more dangerous, blackmail plot involving pimps, a high class madam, and a vicious shylock. Marty Rabb's wife, Linda Rabb, lived"
"Parker). All but ""Playback"" have been made into motion pictures, some more than once. In the year before his death, he was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America. Chandler had an immense stylistic influence on American popular literature. He is considered to be a founder of the hard-boiled school of detective fiction, along with Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain and other ""Black Mask"" writers. The protagonist of his novels, Philip Marlowe, like Hammett's Sam Spade, is considered by some to be synonymous with ""private detective"". Both were played in films by Humphrey Bogart, whom many consider to be"
"unabridged in this edition. These opening chapters describe the Marlowes' arrival in Poodle Springs fresh from their honeymoon, the large bungalow they live in and Marlowe's insistence on independence, and they introduce the principal characters (Philip Marlowe, Linda Loring and Manny Lipshultz) and several supporting characters. Parker wrote the other chapters. In 1991 Parker followed this novel with a new novel featuring Marlowe, ""Perchance to Dream"", a sequel to Chandler's ""The Big Sleep"". The novel was adapted for a film of the same title by the premium cable channel HBO in 1998, starring James Caan as Marlowe. An adaptation for"
"Potshot (novel) Potshot is the 28th Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker. The story follows the fictional Boston-based PI Spenser as he tries to identify the killer of a widow's husband. As is often the case, Spenser's probing uncovers much more than just a simple—or single—murder. Spenser is approached by a beautiful blonde widow who wants him to find the identity of the murderer of her late husband. He agrees, but this case will take him away from Boston to Arizona and the resort town of Potshot. Questioning all of the victim's acquaintances yields little information. However, the couple had"
"it seems in Potshot and the killing of the widow's husband may just be the tip of the iceberg of a much larger conspiracy. Potshot (novel) Potshot is the 28th Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker. The story follows the fictional Boston-based PI Spenser as he tries to identify the killer of a widow's husband. As is often the case, Spenser's probing uncovers much more than just a simple—or single—murder. Spenser is approached by a beautiful blonde widow who wants him to find the identity of the murderer of her late husband. He agrees, but this case will take him"
"Silverman and Pearl, their dog. Bad Business (novel) Bad Business is a detective novel by Robert B. Parker first published in 2004. It features Parker's most famous creation, Boston-based private investigator Spenser, and is the 31st novel in the series. In this novel, Spenser is hired by a wealthy woman to gather evidence on her husband's infidelity. Soon, due to Spenser's investigation, homicides start occurring. Spenser is hired by a wealthy woman, Marlene Cowley, to gather evidence on her husband's infidelity. While following the husband, Trent, one evening and finding him meeting his mistress, Spenser discovers that she too is"
"The Widening Gyre (novel) The Widening Gyre is a 1983 novel by Robert B. Parker, featuring his private detective character Spenser. The title comes from the first line of W.B. Yeats poem ""The Second Coming"". Spenser is hired to head up the security detail for Congressman Meade Alexander as he runs for the Senate. The congressman confides to Spenser that he is being blackmailed by someone who wants him to drop out of the senate race. The congressman's wife Ronni drinks too much and there is an explicit sex tape of her and a much younger man. Spenser's assignment is"
"Spare Change (novel) Spare Change is a crime novel by Robert B. Parker, the sixth and final novel in his Sunny Randall series published before his death. The novel begins with the notorious Spare Change serial killer resurfacing after 20 years. Sunny’s father, Phil Randall, worked this case years ago, and enlists Sunny’s help investigating the new string of murders. The killer’s MO is to shoot the person in the head, and leave three coins at the scene of the crime, hence the name Spare Change. Spare Change sent numerous letters to Phil during the original crime spree, but then"
"investigates the strange circumstances surrounding the boy's disappearance. ""The Stolen"" (2008, August) was named one of the best mysteries of 2008 by ""Strand Magazine"" and nominated for the Shamus Award for Best Paperback Original and the CrimeSpree award for Best Paperback Original. The Fury In the fourth Henry Parker novel, Henry must track down his brother's killer, who may or may not have ties to a long-dormant drug kingpin. ""The Fury"" (2009, October) was named one of the best mysteries of 2009 by ""Strand Magazine"". The Hunters: A Novella In November 2009 Pinter released a Henry Parker novella, ""The Hunters"""
"to get the original tape and stop the blackmail before Ronni finds out. His investigation leads to Joe Broz's son Gerry and dealing with the Broz organization is always potentially lethal. The Widening Gyre (novel) The Widening Gyre is a 1983 novel by Robert B. Parker, featuring his private detective character Spenser. The title comes from the first line of W.B. Yeats poem ""The Second Coming"". Spenser is hired to head up the security detail for Congressman Meade Alexander as he runs for the Senate. The congressman confides to Spenser that he is being blackmailed by someone who wants him"
"Doctor Sleep (novel) Doctor Sleep is a 2013 horror novel by American writer Stephen King and the sequel to his 1977 novel ""The Shining"". The book reached the first position on ""The New York Times"" Best Seller list for print and ebook fiction (combined), hardcover fiction, and ebook fiction. ""Doctor Sleep"" won the 2013 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel. The novel is being adapted into a film of the same name, scheduled to be released on January 24, 2020. Following the events of ""The Shining"", after receiving a settlement from the owners of the Overlook Hotel, Danny Torrance remains"
"another character tells Trent that he always knew the other suspect was innocent, because ""I shot Manderson myself."" These are Trent's final words to the killer: Another example of a spoof, which at the same time shows that the borderline between serious mystery and its parody is necessarily blurred, is U.S. mystery writer Lawrence Block's novel ""The Burglar in the Library"" (1997). The burglar of the title is Bernie Rhodenbarr, who has booked a weekend at an English-style country house just to steal a signed, and therefore very valuable, first edition of Chandler's ""The Big Sleep"", which he knows has"
"The Long Goodbye (novel) The Long Goodbye is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1953, his sixth novel featuring the private investigator Philip Marlowe. Some critics consider it inferior to ""The Big Sleep"" or ""Farewell, My Lovely"", but others rank it as the best of his work. Chandler, in a letter to a friend, called the novel ""my best book"". The novel is notable for using hard-boiled detective fiction as a vehicle for social criticism and for including autobiographical elements from Chandler's life. In 1955, the novel received the Edgar Award for Best Novel. It was later adapted as"
"the death penalty for being an accomplice. The shootout does not take place in a mall as in the novel, and Officer D’Angelo is not murdered. The ""Boston Globe"" was pleased with the book, saying that ""Parker is in roaring good form"". ""Entertainment Weekly"" noted that ""as always, he renders the action in prose as clear and potent as a fine vodka."". The ""Sydney Morning Herald"" argued that ""Probably the best thing about the Stone series is Parker's refusal to turn his new protagonist into a stereotype."" Stone Cold (Parker novel) Stone Cold is a crime novel by Robert B."