The Goodbye Coast: A Philip Marlowe Novel
Joe Ide
Feb 2022 · Weidenfeld & Nicolson · Narrated by Vikas Adam
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'A Philip Marlowe who wears our twenty-first century like a well-cut suit'
IAN RANKIN
'A total gobsmacking original'
JAMES PATTERSON
'A blast from start to finish'
DENNIS LEHANE
Los Angeles - a city of scheming Malibu actresses, ruthless gang members, virulent inequality and washed-out police.
Roaming the city streets is Philip Marlowe: a quiet, lonely, remarkably capable private detective, living beneath the shadow of his father - a once-decorated LAPD homicide detective now drinking his life away.
Marlowe's latest client is tyrannical starlet Kendra James. Kendra's husband was fatally shot near their Malibu home, but even though that murder remains unresolved, the actress is more interested in tracking down her 17-year-old stepdaughter. But things get complicated after Marlowe lands a second missing person search from British academic Ren Stewart, whose ex-husband has kidnapped their seven-year-old son.
IAN RANKIN
'A total gobsmacking original'
JAMES PATTERSON
'A blast from start to finish'
DENNIS LEHANE
Los Angeles - a city of scheming Malibu actresses, ruthless gang members, virulent inequality and washed-out police.
Roaming the city streets is Philip Marlowe: a quiet, lonely, remarkably capable private detective, living beneath the shadow of his father - a once-decorated LAPD homicide detective now drinking his life away.
Marlowe's latest client is tyrannical starlet Kendra James. Kendra's husband was fatally shot near their Malibu home, but even though that murder remains unresolved, the actress is more interested in tracking down her 17-year-old stepdaughter. But things get complicated after Marlowe lands a second missing person search from British academic Ren Stewart, whose ex-husband has kidnapped their seven-year-old son.
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Nathaniel Barratt
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I can't think of a worst narrative voice. I've heard readers stutter from lack of rehearsal and it was still better that listening to this movie announcer wannabe describe someone packing a suitcase as if it were Rambo gunning down baddies. Terrible. Ruined the book. I can't even tell you if the book was good. And I have loved every other audiobook by this author to date.
About the author
Joe Ide grew up in South Central Los Angeles. His favourite books were the Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories. The idea that a person could face the world and vanquish his enemies with just his intelligence fascinated him. Joe went on to earn a graduate degree and had several careers before writing IQ, his debut novel, inspired by his early experiences and love of Sherlock. Joe lives in Santa Monica, California.
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