by Raymond Chandler · Debols!llo · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788490326374
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In 'The High Window,' the third novel by Raymond Chandler starring Philip Marlowe, the detective faces a seemingly simple case that soon becomes complicated. Elizabeth Bright Murdock, a wealthy widow, hires Marlowe to find a valuable Brasher doubloon that has been stolen. As Marlowe investigates, he discovers that the pieces of the puzzle are related to a murder silenced years ago, unearthing sinister passions and dangers hidden behind the facade of high society.
Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in 1933 in Black Mask, a pulp magazine. His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. In addition to his short stories, Chandler published seven novels during his lifetime. All but Playback have been made into motion pictures, some more than once.
