contains four stories -- among them some of Chandler's earliest work.

I found the book at the entrance to Dick's Cafe on Valley Drive in Las Cruces, NM. At first I thought someone had set it down by the door and then forgot to pick it back up. When I picked it up I first saw it was a Raymond Chandler book that I hadn't read and then was surprised to see it was a book traveling around the world. I plan to read it right away and then release it wherever I happen to be - probably somewhere in the southwest.
What a great idea! I feel lucky to be a participant in the journey of "The Simple Art of Murder".

CAUGHT IN LAS CRUCES NEW MEXICO USA

Well!! I forgot to put this book on "GO HUNTING" after leaving at Dick's Cafe on Valley over the noon hour and now as I go on to do this I see that the book was found and already journaled -- HOORAY, YIPEE. And they joined BookCrossing. I wish it could always be this way.

Released on Friday, January 07, 2005 at about 12:00:00 PM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at Dick's Cafe on Valley in Las Cruces, New Mexico USA.

RELEASE NOTES:

This book has been released and already FOUND and JOURNALED but I didn't know any other way of getting it in my *released* numbers other than to make this entry -- even though I don't want it to show up on "release alerts" --