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The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler (1939)
★3.73(305 ratings)
Philip Marlowe, a private eye who operates in Los Angeles's seamy underside during the 1930s, takes on his first case, which involves a paralyzed California millionaire, two psychotic daughters, blackmail, and murder
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Red Harvest
by Dashiell Hammett (1927)
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This novel shares 'The Big Sleep's' dark, amoral atmosphere and tough-guy detective.
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by James M. Cain (1934)
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Double Indemnity
by James M. Cain (1889)
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The Black Dahlia
by James Ellroy (1987)
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