Spanish BloodA thrilling collection of five short crime stories by the master of the hard boiled mystery. Raymond Chandler's books are always startling, vivid, and different. This edition has five stories including the eponymous Spanish Blood, as well as The King in Yellow, Pearls are a Nuisance, Nevada Gas and Trouble is my Business.

he dreams of the past

The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows

who has devoted her life to studying the alien Pattern Jugglers

an exploration of what it is to be English

the peace is shattered by a vicious attack on one of the Kings allies

Memories surface of the long

he ventures out into this unrecognisable world

the secrets stretch all the way to the King and Queen themselves

and finally with the newspaper's legal expert

Bruno is forced to re-evaluate everything he thought he knew

ultra-left-wing dilettante M

WW1 tale of deceit