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A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin worth a little fortune—the components do not really accumulate until Marlowe discovers proof of murder, rape, blackmail, and the worst type of individual exploitation."Raymond Chandler is just a star of the very first magnitude."-- Erle Stanley Gardner"Raymond Chandler has given us a detective who's hard-boiled enough to be effective. . . and that's no mean accomplishment." -- The Brand New York Times