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Killer in the Rain

From the creased pages of 1930s pulp magazines Black Mask and Dime Detective come eight of Raymond Chandler`s finest short stories:KILLER IN THE RAIN, THE MAN WHO LIKED DOGS, THE CURTAIN, TRY THE GIRL, MANDARIN`S JADE, BAY CITY BLUES, THE LADY IN THE LAKE and NO CRIME IN THE MOUNTAINSSet against a Southern Californian backdrop, the stories are rich with suspense, violence and tragedy, and each comes laced with booze, bullets and a detective with an eye for a damsel in distress and an even keener eye for justice . . .Readers will also recognize episodes, characters and flashbacks from the Marlowe novels that made Chandler the undisputed master of his genre.`Anything he writes about grips the mind from the first sentence. It is a spare, finished performance: full of life and character: as tense as a tiger, springing into action` Daily Telegraph`One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain` Sunday Times`Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes` Anthony Burgess

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