A pipe... and Raymond Chandler.

 Book Titles:

The Simple Art of Murder
The Lady in the
Lake

The Little Sister
The Long Goodbye
The High Window
The Big Sleep

Farewell my Lovely

Black Mailers dont Shoot

Questions:

What is the name of Chandler's flawed hero, introduced in "The Big Sleep", who has been credited as defining the character of the urban American private eye?

Philip Marlowe