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A heart-pounding tale of betrayal, blackmail, and murder that will take you to the edge of your seat on a storyboard ride through Raymond Chandler's last thriller. Unearthed from the Universal Studios archives and adapted as a graphic novel, the script for Playback is classic Chandler, exposing the highs and lows of the human heart in the raw light of a hard-boiled crime story. Betty Mayfield is blond and beautiful and has just been found guilty of the murder of her husband. But the judge realizes the jury is terrified of her father-in-law-the man who owns everything in this small North Carolina town-and overturns the verdict. Her father-in-law swears vengeance, and Betty flees. Seeking a new life, she meets Larry Mitchell, a brash but charming gigolo, on the train to Vancouver. He brings her to the Vancouver Royal Hotel, where she stays in a room beneath the penthouse of a rich and charismatic playboy, Clark Brandon, who takes her under his wing. When Mitchell's body turns up on Betty's balcony, jaded inspector Jeff Killaine is assigned to the case, but falls for Betty. Did she do it, or was she framed? If she didn't kill Mitchell, who did?
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Review:
'Anything Chandler writes about grips the mind from the [start].' (The Daily Telegraph)
'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain.' (The Sunday Times)
'Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes.' (Anthony Burgess)
About the Author:
'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain.' (The Sunday Times)
'Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes.' (Anthony Burgess)
Ray Porter has garnered two Audie Award nominations and a multitude of enthusiastic reviews for his sparkling narration of audiobooks. In addition, he has appeared in numerous films and television shows, including Frasier, ER, Will & Grace, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and Almost Famous. A fifteen-year veteran of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, he lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son.
Best-known as the creator of the original private eye, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago in 1888 and died in 1959. Many of his books have been adapted for the screen, and he is widely regarded as one of the very greatest writers of detective fiction.
Best-known as the creator of the original private eye, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago in 1888 and died in 1959. Many of his books have been adapted for the screen, and he is widely regarded as one of the very greatest writers of detective fiction.
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- PublisherArcade Pub
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1611452082
- ISBN 13 9781611452082
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages128
- IllustratorAyroles Francois
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