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Poodle Springs

By: Raymond Chandler, Robert B Parker
Narrated by: Full Cast, Toby Stephens
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About this listen

 Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. California in the ’40s and ’50s is as beautiful as a ripe fruit and rotten to the core, and Marlowe must struggle to retain his integrity amidst the corruption he encounters daily. In Poodle Springs, Marlowe is fresh from his honeymoon with heiress Linda Loring, and living a life of idle leisure in the upmarket Californian town of the title. But being a kept man soon loses its charm and, bored and restless, Marlowe sets up shop as an investigator once more. Hired by a local criminal to find a gambler on the run from his debts, he is sucked into a world of bigamy, blackmail and murder... The eighth and final Philip Marlowe novel, Poodle Springs was unfinished at the time of Raymond Chandler’s death in 1959. It remained so for another 30 years, until crime writer Robert B. Parker completed the novel to mark the centenary of Chandler’s birth. Starring Toby Stephens, this entertaining dramatisation by Robin Brooks retains all the pace and intrigue of the original book. Crime Fiction Crime Thrillers Dramatisations Entertainment & Performing Arts Modern Detectives Mystery Thriller & Suspense

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

It's under 60 minutes, but well-acted with a fine plot

What was one of the most memorable moments of Raymond Chandler: Poodle Springs (Dramatised)?

When the killer was discovered, and their reasons for their crimes

Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favourite?

Toby Stephens as Philip Marlowe: very warm, masculine, sensual voice

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

'Beneath the wealth and class, lies corruption'

Any additional comments?

Well done for high production values and sterling acting!

Hard Boiled with a Soft Centre

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brilliant , Toby Stephens I is superb as Marlowe. the story moves along at a good pace, love the one line humour.

Brilliant

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Dramatisation that evokesHumphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Enjoyed it so much I went and got tge other recordings in the series

Great Marlowe.

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