Durham, Philip, Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: Raymond Chandler's Knight, University of North Carolina Press, 1963.

Durham examines Marlowe's code of chivalric behavior in this ingenious study.

Hiney, Tom, Raymond Chandler: A Biography, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997.

Hiney draws on Chandler's papers and letters to construct this engaging biography.

Marling, William, Raymond Chandler, Twayne, 1986.

Marling provides a solid and accessible introduction to Chandler's fiction in this study.

Van Dover, J. K., ed., The Critical Responses to Raymond Chandler, Greenwood, 1995.

This collection of essays covers a wide range of critical approaches to Chandler's novels.