Bibliograph

Only to sleep, Lawrence Osborne

Type

Label

Only to sleep, Lawrence Osborne

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Only to sleep

Responsibility statement

Lawrence Osborne

Series statement

Philip Marlowe

Summary

Baja California, 1988: Philip Marlowe - now in his seventy-second year - is living out his retirement in the terrace bar of the La Fonda hotel. Sipping margaritas, playing cards, his silver-tipped cane at the ready. When in saunter two men dressed like undertakers, with a case that has his name written all over it. For Marlowe, this is his last roll of the dice, his swan song. His mission is to investigate the death of Donald Zinn - supposedly drowned off his yacht, and leaving behind a much younger and now very rich wife. But is Zinn actually alive? Are the pair living off the spoils? Set between the border and badlands of Mexico and California, Lawrence Osborne's resurrection of the iconic Marlowe is an unforgettable addition to the Raymond Chandler canon

Target audience

adult

Creator