{"product_id":"the-second-murderer","title":"The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is Marlowe.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Mr. Philip Marlowe?\" She asked. I glanced at the clock.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt was exactly eleven am, as if she had been waiting by thephone for an appointed hour, following someone else's orders to the letter. \"What, d'you think we're a troupe of brothers? There is only me.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's mid-September, a heatwave has descended on the parched hills of LA and Private Detective Philip Marlowe is called to the Montgomery estate, an almost mythic place sitting high on top of Beverly Hills. Wealthy twenty-two-year-old Chrissie Montgomery, set to inherit an enormous fortune, is missing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShe's a walking target, ripe for someone to get their claws into. Her dying father, along with his sultry bottle blonde girlfriend, wants her found before that happens. They've hired Anna Riorden, Marlowe's nemesis, too.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe search takes them to the roughest neighbourhoods of LA through dive bars and Skid Row. And that's before he finds the body at The Brody Hotel. Who will get to her first, Marlowe, Anne, or the men chasing her fortune? And does she want to be found?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDiscover the rest of the inimitable Philip Marlowe series - nine classic Chandler adventures, from \u003cem\u003eThe Big Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eThe Long Goodbye\u003c\/em\u003e, available now in paperback and eBook from Penguin Books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Denise Mina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44755548111105,"sku":"9781529920079","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-866.png?v=1712145791","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/the-second-murderer","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}