a novel starring Philip Marlowe—yes, that same Philip Marlowe. Following on from Raymond Chandler, Benjamin Black brought Marlowe back to life for a new case on the tough streets of Bay City, California. It's the early 1950s, Marlow is, as always, tireless and lonely, and things are going neither shaky nor slow. Then a new client appears: young, beautiful and expensively dressed, she wants Marlowe to find her former lover, a man named Nico Peterson. Marlowe goes on a search, but almost immediately discovers that Peterson's disappearance is only the first in a series of events that could lead to a dead end. He soon discovers one of Bay City's wealthiest families and begins to realize just how far they will go to protect their fortune. Only Benjamin Black, a modern master of the genre, could write a new Philip Marlowe mystery novel that combines originality and charm. the original, and the sharpness and freshness inherent in the best examples of the modern crime genre.

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