Poodle Springs

By: Robert B. Parker, Raymond Chandler

Narrated by: Elliott Gould

Hardboiled, cynical detective Philip Marlowe is back. Though married to a wealthy heiress, he is not content to lounge around the pool. It isn't long before Marlowe is mired in a gambling case involving bigamy, pornography, and murder in the posh desert community of Poodle Springs.

©2007 Raymond Chandler (P)2007 Phoenix Books, Inc.

Tired, bored Elliott Gould

Mr Gould narrated like he wished he were somewhere else, like in his bed sound asleep .

Authors can be "family" too, bu completing another

POODLE SPRINGS is a joint effort by Raymond Chandler, who died after only completing the first four chapters of this book, and Robert B Parker who was chosen to complete this book. I find this particularly interesting when one considers the "family" of authors. Now that Parker has died, author Ace Atkins has been chosen to continue Parker's stories.

In this book, private eye, Philip Marlowe, and his new rich wife, have just returned home following their honeymoon. His wife wants to continue the fun, supporting them both, but Marlowe feels the need to continue "being who he is". He's been hired by a local gambler to find a man owing him $100,000. Marlowe goes on the hunt, finding more then he'd bargained for, with a dead body, bigamy, blackmail, and pornography. Of course, he solves his case, but how does that affect his marriage?

Parker did a great job of convincing this reader that he could continue in someone else's writing style. Snappy comebacks, realistic dialogue, and the Marlowe character were done superbly. Definitely an enjoyable classic mystery.

The writing and Elliot Gould’s performance

The writing was excellent and Elliot Gould’s performance the best. I have listened to this book four time over the years, never gets old

Still good

To cleanly plotted to be Chandler but still wonderful. So many times I could tell it wasn’t the same author, but that’s okay. Raymond is one of a kind. I still enjoyed getting one more Phillip Marlowe.

Poodle Springs

Raymond Chandler and Robert B Parker wrote this book together, and the only book they both published. this was posthumously published after Raymond Chandler's death in 1959.