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The Little Sister is a 1949 novel by Raymond Chandler, his fifth featuring the private investigator Philip Marlowe. The story is set in Los Angeles in the late 1940s and follows Marlowe's investigation of a missing persons case and blackmail scheme centered around a Hollywood starlet.
- Raymond Chandler
- 1949
17,538 ratings975 reviews. Raymond Chandler's fifth novel has Philip Marlowe going to Hollywood as he explores the underworld of the glitter capital, trying to find a sweet young thing's missing brother. Along the way he uncovers a little blackmail, a lot of drugs, and more than enough murder.
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Jun 12, 2012 · The Little Sister is a hardboiled detective story featuring the iconic character of Philip Marlowe, created by Raymond Chandler. The novel explores Marlowe's cynicism, wit and stubbornness as he investigates a case involving blackmail, Hollywood and mobsters.
In noir master Raymond Chandler’s The Little Sister, a movie starlet with a gangster boyfriend and a pair of siblings with a shared secret lure private eye Philip Marlowe into the less than glamorous and more than a little dangerous world of Hollywood fame.
- Paperback
Jul 7, 2005 · The Little Sister. Raymond Chandler. Penguin UK, Jul 7, 2005 - Fiction - 304 pages. The Little Sister is a classic detective novel by the master of hard-boiled crime. Her name...
Oct 30, 2012 · The Little Sister focuses on popular private eye Philip Marlowe. When hired for an easy job—to find a seemingly innocent girl's older brother—Marlowe doesn't expect to find a trail of...
Philip Marlowe heads to Hollywood exploring the underworld of glitter capital, trying to find a sweet young things missing brother; a movie starlet with a gangster boyfriend and a pair of siblings with a shared secret.
