Trouble Is My Business

By: Raymond Chandler

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's summary

This collection by crime fiction master Raymond Chandler features four long stories in which private eye Philip Marlowe is hired to protect a rich old guy from a gold digger, runs afoul of crooked politicos, gets a line on some stolen jewels with a reward attached, and stumbles across a murder victim who may have been an extortionist.

©1939 Raymond Chandler (P)2020 Random House Audio

Great narration and great stories

Of the hard boiled mystery writers Chandler is far and away the best. This collection of stories include set pieces that will later appear in some of his full novels. The narration is excellent and all in all I rate it at 5 stars.

Excellent as always

As good as Marlowe ever, was brilliant as always. Narrator perfect for the stories and characters.

A book

This "review" is being written specifically to satisfy Audible's irritating and bizarre decision to require a review to rate books.

The Johann Sebastian Bach of Hardboiled Fiction

When in a Baroque mood, I usually turn to Vivaldi or Telemann, Albinoni or Fasch, Handel or Corelli. Bach can be, at times, too darn intellectual, too crafted, too polished. Magnificent, yes. But I can't always shake the consciousness that I'm listening to Great Music. It gets in the way of the music.

In the same way, Raymond Chandler's stellar writing can, at times, distract me from the story he's writing. I end up admiring a simile or a sentence...and losing track of the suspects. Not to say I didn't enjoy this. As a writer myself, it was a joy ride of fine observations, spot-on similes and even some humor. But that said, I do prefer Ross Mcdonald, another fine writer who somehow doesn't call as much attention to his own skill.

I don't know what Scott Brick looks like, but judging from his voice he could play Philip Marlowe no problem.

Great Buy For an Aspiring new mystery writer

The introduction on this book from the author is so enlightening and informative that for it alone this was a good purchase. As an audio listener, I get to enjoy an authors talent via an excellent narrator e.g. Scott brick. I personally enjoy short stories because it takes so much more talent to write a good one. There are so many authors that are verbose in their storytelling hence my appreciation for a good short story author.
these are classic Noir mystery stories So if you are a fan of the thin Man TCM films these are for you.
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5 Terrific Chandler Stories!

Scott Brick doesn't embody Marlowe for me the way the Ray Porter totally did, but he's a reliably excellent narrator and still does a great job. I hope he eventually records all of Chandler's short stories for Audible as well as the novels that are already scheduled.

All of the stories in this collection are very good ones, and for the most part they're ones that Chandler didn't later "cannibalize" in creating his novels, so they won't feel overly familiar if you've read all of those. These will be original Marlowe adventures to you. But one stands out above the rest: "Red Wind." I honestly think it might be the best thing Chandler ever wrote, even when put up against powerful novels like THE LONG GOODBYE. It's at once a classic Marlowe case, complexly plotted and packing as many seemingly separate threads for the detective to string together as one of the novels... and a just a great piece of literature. (There's also a great essay by Chandler included in this collection about placing the detective story within "literature.") It's a powerful meditation on lost love, the power of memory, the deception of nostalgia, and self-delusion. And the theme is as effectively and emotionally packed into the short story format as any of Fitzgerald's best short stories. But all five stories and the essay are excellent!

Great writing and plotting

Very suitable for entertaining. Good stories that don’t hang on soap opera. This is recommended