Trouble is My Business is a collection of four riveting novellas from Raymond Chandler. In the first of the four cases LA PI Philip Marlowe is offered a job that leaves a bad taste in the mouth: smearing a girl who's 'got her hooks into a rich man's pup'. Before too long Marlowe's up to his neck in corpses and cops and he's taken pity on the girl. There's nothing like making trouble of your business . . . The four novellas collected here are quintessential Raymond Chandler: slick, crystal-clear writing that pins the reader to the seat and won't let go until the last page is turned. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

レイモンド・チャンドラーが描く世界は、単なるミステリを超えた「硬派な詩学」に満ちています。本作に収められた中編群は、非情な都会の裏側を洗練された文体で鮮烈に切り取っています。一瞬で読者を物語へ引き込むその筆致は、比類なき緊張感と美しさを湛え、ハードボイルド文学の神髄を雄弁に物語っています。 フィリップ・マーロウが体現するのは、退廃した街に立つ孤独な騎士の姿です。彼は汚れた仕事を引き受けながらも、心の底にある倫理観を失いません。嘘に塗れた事件の果てに守り抜こうとする「個人の誇り」こそが本作の真の主題であり、その高潔な魂の在り方は、時代を超えて読む者の心を熱く揺さぶり続けます。