A murder at a nightclub, stolen jewels, a shady psychic, and corrupt cops—the life of a private detective is never boring. At a dead end with his missing persons case, Philip Marlowe is dragged into the murder of a nightclub owner by an ex-con looking for his missing girlfriend. Looking for the man leads to a run-in with jewel thieves, a murdered client, and a cracked skull—will Marlowe manage to find the killer before he's permanently silenced?

The second of Raymond Chandler's novels to feature the hard-boiled private eye, Farewell, My Lovely was the first Marlowe novel to be adapted for the big screen. Using the corrupt city government of 1930s Santa Monica as inspiration, Chandler's Depression-era is a masterpiece of noir fiction.

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