The Big Sleep The Big Sleep The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles. The story is noted for its complexity, with characters double-crossing one another and secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; it refers to a rumination about "sleeping the big sleep" in the final pages of the book. In 1999, the book was voted 96th of "Le Monde"s "100 Books of the
Double Indemnity (novel) the conclusion that one of them had to die to give the other some rest. And just like in the actual Snyder case, the modus operandi is poisoned wine. Double Indemnity (novel) Double Indemnity is a 1943 crime novel, written by American journalist-turned-novelist James M. Cain. It was first published in serial form in "Liberty" magazine in 1936 and then was one of "three long short tales" in the collection "Three of a Kind". The novel later served as the basis for the film of the same name in 1944, adapted for the screen by the novelist Raymond Chandler and