Marlowe's investigation leads him to a psychic conman, corrupt cops in Bay City, and a dope hospital where they lock him up and keep him sedated. Play the hunch."īeing nosy don't go so well. You can't order a cup of coffee without shutting your eyes and stabbing the menu. In a little while you wake up with your mouth full of hunches. Grayle and gets her to hire him to find the necklace, so he can keep being nosy. The cops don't like the story, but Marlowe meets the girl, a rich blonde named Mrs. A rich young dandy, maybe a gigolo, named Marriott wants to hire him to tag along for a ransom exchange regarding a stolen jade necklace. It makes you look thoughtful when you’re not thinking.” He tracks down the wife of the former owner and bribes her with bourbon to tell him this Velma is dead. The cops don't bother because the owner was black and it's a black club now, but it didn't used to be. He's minding his own business on a dead-end case, and broke, when an ex-convict named Moose Malloy drags him (literally off the street) into a search for his missing ex-girlfriend, Velma, before killing a nightclub owner at the place she used to sing. Detective Philip Marlowe works in LA during the 30's when he stumbles onto a murder that sucks him into a mystery.
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