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Trouble Is My Business
Trouble Is My Business | Raymond Chandler
12 posts | 8 read | 4 to read
In the four long stories in this collection, Marlowe is hired to protect a rich old guy from a gold digger, runs afoul of crooked politicos, gets a line on some stolen jewels with a reward attached, and stumbles across a murder victim who may have been an extortionist.
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GatheringBooks
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Blueberry
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LOL, 😂🤣🤗

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Blueberry
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Waited up on Christmas night to see Santa fly over my house♡ Not book-related except that I was reading the tagged book while waiting.

CaliforniaCay Hey I think I see my house in Sacramento 👋🏾 5y
BookaholicNatty @Blueberry we did the exact same thing and as soon as the kiddos saw Delaware pop up on the screen they were asleep within 5 minutes 😂😂 5y
BookaholicNatty It‘s such a neat thing that they have that tracker 5y
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Blueberry
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Currently reading...one for bookclub, the other just because.

Tamra I‘ve had Boat People TBR for so long. 5y
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kalinichta
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I may have a new literary pet peeve: "newly discovered" stories that have already been published. There's this "newly discovered" Raymond Chandler story that had been published in The Stand magazine. About a week earlier, there was a "newly discovered" Dashiell Hammett that had also been published in a magazine.

Is it just me, or do you think "newly discovered" should only apply to unpublished works? Am I being overly pedantic?

GondorGirl I'm with you on that. Newly discovered should mean... well... newly discovered. 6y
kalinichta @GondorGirl I mean, right? It's right there in the phrase. 6y
vivastory Yeah, if it's already been published it's definitely not newly discovered. Not pedantic at all 6y
kalinichta @vivastory This is helping me feel better. I was thinking I'd missed some shift in meaning. I know language is a growing, changing thing, but come on. 6y
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LeahBergen
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You can always depend upon #FolioSociety to produce some pretty spectacular covers. #SilhouettesOnCovers #SeasonsReadings2016

Jenshootsweddings That's a gorgeous book cover! 7y
RealLifeReading Oohhhh 7y
Suzze That is fabulous! 7y
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Cinfhen That's a beauty ❤️ 7y
Donna_sBookMinute Beautiful! Is the slipcase solid? 7y
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DGRachel Gorgeous! 7y
KarenUK That's a beauty! 😍 7y
Hobbinol That's a mighty fine cover that book is wearin'! 7y
Desha Ahhh....Folio Society...my dream books! 😍 I just received their catalog a few months ago and I'm in love! 😍❤️❤️📚 7y
Zelma That is a beautiful design! Very striking. 7y
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psy_kaoru
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'As to the emotional basis of the hard-boiled story, obviously it does not believe that murder will out and justice will be done--unless some very determined individual makes it his business to see that justice is done.' ~ Raymond Chandler (in his introduction to Trouble is My Business)

4 Philip Marlowe shorts. I enjoyed them all. Worth checking out for all detective fiction fans.

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It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks.

zembla From the first paragraph of "Red Wind," 1938. Thinking about this during the current heat wave, every time I hear sirens. (On the supposed connection between heat and crime: http://www.npr.org/2011/08/03/138957971/a-hazy-connection-between-hot-weather-an... 8y
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Lindy
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Decided to go with classic mystery for this, instead of noir. Bingo card #2 is lagging behind #1, but I'm currently reading a debut novel, listening to a Strega prize winner and next up is one with a chimp protagonist.

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Lindy
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"I felt terrible. I felt like an amputated leg." I'm glad that book bingo prompted me to revisit this novella. Chandler's style cracks me up.

jessberk13 Love this idea! I turn my book riot challenge into a bingo board too. Where is this from? 8y
SarahK I love that several people are posting their bingo card on here! It will also give some fun ideas for different categories. 8y
Lindy @Jessica I can't get the website address to paste here, for some unknown reason. Google "BOTNS bingo" and refresh for a new card. 8y
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Lindy
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Must choose between either "classic mystery" or "noir" bingo squares for Raymond Chandler. Is his stuff even considered noir? Too bad I don't have a "hard boiled" square to eliminate this dilemma.

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Lindy
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"...he should be there in 20 minutes."
"Ok, that just gives me time to drink my dinner."