A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing
daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin worth a small
fortune—the elements don't quite add up until Marlowe discovers
evidence of murder, rape, blackmail, and the worst kind of human
exploitation.
"Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude."-- Erle
Stanley Gardner
"Raymond Chandler has given us a detective who is hard-boiled
enough to be convincing . . . and that is no mean achievement." --
The New York Times