Trouble Is My Business Audiobook

" While not perfect, this novel really pushes my buttons for works of the genre. Great work, excellent example of the period. If I were picking desert island books this would be one...along with Big Sleep, Maltese Falcon, Vixen Shamus, and of course The Glass Key!! "

" A classic 30's collection of four Marlowe detective stories. The slang alone is worth it. Interesting plots too, with the master of cool thrown in for good measure. I kept seeing Humphrey Bogart in my head as I read. "

" A collection of Chandler's old "Black Mask" magazine greatest hits edited to be a collection of Marlowe stories. And by edited, I mean that Chandler changed the protagonist's name to 'Marlowe' in all of the stories. Nothing more. Chandler isn't terribly careful about internal consistency at his best, but this is ridiculous. "

" There are few things I enjoy more than a good old school detective story. Raymond Chandler makes them even better. "

" Same name as a previous bk listed by me here but w/ a larger collection inside - including "The Lady in the Lake" in short form. Who makes the decisions to publish a bk of the same name as a previous bk by the same author is a mystery to me. "

" The stories range from baffling to classic. Chandler's style was still a work in progress at the time he wrote these. "

" I only wish I had read this sooner. A good collection. It is hard not to picture Bogey as Marlowe. "

" Finally finished this magical disappearing/reappearing short story collection. Wonderful characterization and tone, phenomenal style. This reaffirms what I've known for years, that I want to live in Chandler's prose. Not the stories themselves. I haven't got the guts. "

" Chandler's short stories are as good as everything else he wrote. This man is my idol. "

" More fantastic noir by Raymond Chandler. I love this guy. "

" Short stories. Good if you like his Chandlers style and have already read his more famous books. Entertaining old school gangster/private dick stlye. "

" So far, I love this book. It's got the gritty feel of those old pulp mystery novels. I'm only 14 pages in, and we've already had our first murder! As well as a damsel in distress. It's a good read, and Raymond Chandler is an entertaining writer, bringing the best of pulp mysteries to book form. "

" I like the noir, this is one of the noirest. I know I just made that word up, but it's true nonetheless. The language and back alley ways of these gritty crime dramas are aspects I enjoy. "

" Great Philip Marlowe short stories. King of Noir. "

" Not his usual witty self - something is missing here. Maybe it's Philip Marlowe... "

" Just exactly what you'd expect - lots of great hardboiled detective fiction. It didn't change my life or anything, but it definitely scratched that itch. "

" Great collection of Noir from the master Raymond Chandler. "

" Interesting look at the noir genre. the stories get too common if you have seen or read a lot of noir before. Favorite story: goldfish "

" Not as inventive story as some of the other works. It's more of a short story/radio drama type plot. "

" This edition is a collection of 4 short stories, of which, Finger Man and Red Wind are the strongest, and the latter so excellent that it elevates the book from 4 to 5 stars. "

" 4 short undiluted Marlowe stories captured in roughly 60 pages each. Sticky atmosphere and high tension on every sentence, almost every word. This gave me all the rye and sweating eyebrows I wanted in just the right doses. "

" In the four long stories in this collection, Marlowe is hired to protect a rich old guy from a gold digger, runs afoul of crooked politicos, gets a line on some stolen jewels with a reward attached, and stumbles across a murder victim who may have been an extortionist. "

" It's gumshoe time with Raymond Chandler. Forgot how much I liked him. "