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" This is Raymond Chandler's last Philip Marlowe mystery, and one of his best. Marlowe is in true form, a tough, smart-mouthed PI with a soft spot for the underdogs. The story is laced with profound, yet elegant prose. This one I will read again one day. "

" I like his books. I can just see Humphrey Bogart when I read the books. "

" One of the later Philip Marlowe detective stories and lesser known. I'm not a big fan of detective stories. Set in 1958, it's really a period piece - it was a different way of life back then... "

" The weakest of RC's books. "

" The scene with Marlowe, Ross Goble, and the waiter is especially gratifying. "

" It was meh. Some great lines but I didn't feel compelled. "

" Chandler's last novel and it lacks his normal sense of energy and wit. Not a terrible book, because Chandler can't write something that horrible. Nevertheless it's a weak work, but a weak novel from a master. "

" My reading sched' is all messed up... books inside of boxes inside of PODS... but this one made it to the airport with me... a relatively low nutritional value but get 60 pages in and you'll be hooked:) "

" Not as good as I was hoping for, but the leading lady is a ginger! so score on that front :) "

" Not the best Chandler book, but nonetheless gripping and interesting. Better to read last as its plot is less confusing and twisting as his other books, it's a beautiful epitaph for Philip Marlowe. "

" blackmail murder puzzles but in the end the romance talk with linda from paris something new I came across in his novels :) "

" Ehhhh. I liked it, I guess, but maybe I'm judging it more harshly because i hold chandler to a higher standard. "

" Standard Raymond Chandler fare. "

" Why is it that whenever I read a Raymond Chandler novel, I hear Humphrey Bogart speaking in my head? And a gorgeous redhead is only fitting to be in this last of Chandler's novels as an object of interest for the timeless Phillip Marlowe "

" The final Marlowe book sees the detective get involved in a strange case in southern California. He doesn't really know what's going on, and neither does the reader. Did he win? Can't tell. But there is a happy ending to finish the year on. Rated PG for low level violence and adult themes. 3.5/5 "

" The master of noir. With a turn of phrase so sharp he can take your eye out. A must read. "

" Chandler's way with words is as fresh and colourful in this last of his Marlowe mysteries as ever. The encounter with Henry Clarendon IV in a hotel lobby is as good as hard-boiled detective fiction gets. "