{"product_id":"2026200008061-secondhand-the-little-sister","title":"The Little Sister","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterwork of hardboiled crime fiction, The Little Sister is the fifth novel featuring Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler's iconic Los Angeles private detective. The story unfolds when a naive young woman from Kansas arrives at Marlowe's office seeking her missing brother, pulling him into a treacherous web of Hollywood glamour, blackmail, and cold-blooded murder. Chandler's razor-sharp prose and biting wit dissect the moral corruption lurking beneath the glittering surface of postwar Los Angeles, delivering a narrative laced with cynicism and dark humour. As Marlowe navigates a cast of duplicitous starlets, ruthless gangsters, and scheming siblings, the novel presents a devastating portrait of ambition and greed in mid-century America. Published in 1949, it stands as one of Chandler's most celebrated works and a cornerstone of the crime fiction genre.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956187148507,"sku":"2026200008061-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/43db834b-76ee-4e1e-8c68-4057eaf6887c.png?v=1783498870","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008061-secondhand-the-little-sister","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}