The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" ( Los Angeles Times ), Philip Marlowe • Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe , starring Liam Neeson. In noir master Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister , a movie starlet with a gangster boyfriend and a pair of siblings with a shared secret lure private eye Philip Marlowe into the less than glamorous and more than a little dangerous world of Hollywood fame. Chandler's first foray into the industry that dominates the company town that is Los Angeles.