The second murderer / Denise Mina.
By: Mina, Denise [author].
Series: Mina, Denise. Philip Marlowe: 1.Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Charnwood, 2023Edition: Large print edition.Description: 288 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781444851717.Subject(s): Marlowe, Philip (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Private investigators -- United States -- Fiction | Rich people -- Fiction | Missing persons -- Investigation -- Fiction | Los Angeles (Calif.) -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: It'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 22-year-old Chrissie Montgomery, set to inherit an enormous fortune, is missing.She'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 Anne Riordan, Marlowe's nemesis, too. The 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?| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Haydock Library Large Print | Available | 38055013162615 |
It'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 22-year-old Chrissie Montgomery, set to inherit an enormous fortune, is missing.She'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 Anne Riordan, Marlowe's nemesis, too. The 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?
Adult.