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Scottish novelist Mina (Confidence; The Less Dead) effortlessly segues into Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles with this perfectly rendered Philip Marlowe noir. She has the world-weary, florid voice of Chandler's P.I. down pat. as he narrates the bewildering case of a missing heiress, Chrissie Montgomery, and puzzles over a previous case involving the murder of a brokedown cowboy extra named Pasco Pete. He dislikes his client, Chrissie's cold, contemptu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More