description: In the four long stories in this collection, 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.
title: Trouble is My Business
titlecomplete: Trouble is My Business
characters: Philip Marlowe, Sebold and Finlayson, Waxnose and Frisky, Marty Estel, Old Man Jeeter, Harriet Huntress, John Dalmas, George (Trouble is My Business), Anna Halsey, Carmady, Hawkins, Arbogast (Raymond Chandler), Gerald Jeeter
genres: Classics, Hard Boiled, Noir, Mystery, Short Stories, Detective, Thriller, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 12070
places: Los Angeles area, California
series: Philip Marlowe
publisher: Ballantine Books