Description

In a city of mirrors and lies, even Private Detective Philip Marlowe can’t see himself clearly.

Los Angeles, mid-September. The sun beats down, the streets shimmer, and private detective Philip Marlowe is already in trouble. A missing heiress, a dying father, and a rival investigator with a head start. Nothing in this town stays clean for long.

From Beverly Hills mansions to skid-row bars, every deal comes laced with corruption, every favour with a threat.

Denise Mina revives Chandler’s immortal detective with smoky confidence and wit, capturing the rhythm, humour and danger of classic noir while making it unmistakably her own. The Second Murderer is Marlowe reborn for a new generation.

‘Denise Mina is a one-of-a-kind storyteller’ James Patterson

Publisher Review

Denise Mina is an even better writer than Raymond Chandler. She’s also a one-of-a-kind storyteller. I’ll leave it at that * James Patterson * Denise Mina is crime writing royalty * Val McDermid * Mina successfully emulates the language and tone of Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled novels featuring P.I. Marlowe in this terrific pastiche. Mina delivers a truly surprising plot. Noir fans will hope Mina returns to the mean streets of L.A. again soon * Publishers Weekly * Denise Mina is the cream of the crop, an author who pushes the crime novel in new and exciting directions * Ian Rankin * Denise Mina gets to the heart of what crime really is. You feel like you are right there, in all the dark nooks and crannies that her characters inhabit * Karin Slaughter *