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This book is a collection of all 13 short stories by Chandler. Compared with his fast-hand counterparts who produced in batches and made easy money, Chandler spent more effort and took longer on these works created between 1933 and 1939 and published in popular journals. Therefore, this rigorous and meticulous slow-hand did not make more money from them. Chandler approached these "vulgar and cheap" novels with the mentality of creating serious literature, aiming to find "a technique that can be appreciated by both refined and popular people, which is not only capable of thinking by ordinary people, but also can write the kind of power that only artistic novels can produce."

Raymond Chandler, a mystery novelist who entered the palace of classic literature, was hailed as the "Poet Laureate of Crime Novels" by the authoritative American library "American Library". He is known as the soul of hard-boiled detective novels, and is the first among the outstanding writers in the 150-year history of detective novels voted by the Mystery Writers of America (MWA). His four novels have been adapted by Hollywood seven times. Raymond Chandler, a mystery novelist who has entered the palace of classic literature, was hailed as the "Poet Laureate of Crime Novels" by the authoritative American library "American Library". He is known as the soul of hard-boiled detective novels, and is the first among the outstanding writers in the 150-year history of detective novels voted by the Mystery Writers of America (MWA). Four of his novels have been adapted onto the screen by Hollywood seven times. His major works include "The Big Sleep", "The Woman at the Bottom of the Lake", "Goodbye, My Love", "The Long Goodbye", etc. On the screen. His major works include "The Big Sleep", "The Woman at the Bottom of the Lake", "Goodbye, My Love", "The Long Goodbye", etc.

A rare gold coin is missing. Did the person the owner suspected stole it? During the investigation, three key witnesses died mysteriously. Who is the murderer? As the investigation deepens, a murder case from many years ago gradually comes to light...

Haruki Murakami's favorite, the outstanding masterpiece of Chandler, the master of the "tough guy" detective style, and the winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel - "The Long Goodbye" is not only Chandler's masterpiece, but also his most influential work. It won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel (1954) and was included in the authoritative "American Library". It is one of the few detective novels in the history of classic literature. It can be said that the author's ambition and self-revelation are fully reflected in the protagonist of this book, the noble detective Marlowe, and arouse extremely strong resonance. The story revolves around a love-murder case that everyone in the upper class of Los Angeles wants to cover up, but Marlowe insists on pursuing it to the end. The underworld, the white lane, the political world and the police are all acting out scenes of entanglement, filth and depravity. As the truth approached, Marlowe realized that from the moment he was involved in this conspiracy, he was saying the longest goodbye to this double betrayal of friendship and love. This edition adds an introduction written by the popular young writer Li Weichang.

A tracking mission full of doubts, a weak woman who has been in panic all day long because of threats and extortion, a mysteriously missing corpse... In this closed and quiet coastal city, who is killing people and silencing them in the name of justice? Among Chandler's detective works, the last novel with Marlowe as the protagonist.