Perchance to Dream (novel) Perchance to Dream (novel) Perchance to Dream is a detective crime novel by Robert B. Parker, written as an authorized sequel to "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler. Following his post-mortem collaboration with Chandler on "Poodle Springs", this 1991 release is the second and final Philip Marlowe novel written by Parker. Set a few years after the events of "The Big Sleep", the new novel begins with long passages of text lifted from the original to set the scene, establish the characters, and remind readers of the events of the first book. The story is set in motion by the
The Crime (novel) The Crime (novel) The Crime () is a 1935 novel by the French writer Georges Bernanos. It has also been published as A Crime. The novel is a detective story that was written for commercial prospects. The book was published by Plon in 1935. An English translation by Anne Green was published in 1936 under the title "A Crime". It was republished in 1946 with the title changed to "The Crime". Kenneth D. Whitehead writes in the "Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy": "Although the book contains unmistakable Bernanosian themes and treatments, it is not one